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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.292

নেত্রজলে সেই শিলা ভিজে নিরন্তর ।

শিলারে কহেন প্রভু — ‘কৃষ্ণ-কলেবর’ ॥ ২৯২ ॥

netra-jale sei śilā bhije nirantara

śilāre kahena prabhu — ‘kṛṣṇa-kalevara’

Translation

The stone from Govardhana was always moist with tears from His eyes. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would say, “This stone is directly the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Stone Is Directly Kṛṣṇa’s Body

  1. 1

    The stone from Govardhana was always moist with tears from the Lord’s eyes.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu declared, “This stone is directly the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.”

  3. 3

    His words and tears show that He did not regard the stone as an ordinary object.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Understanding that Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was living by begging from the chatras, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented him with His own guñjā-mālā and a stone from Govardhana Hill. Thereafter, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī used to eat rejected food that he had collected and washed.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. netra-jaleby the tears of His eyes
  2. seithat
  3. śilāstone
  4. bhijeremains wet
  5. nirantaraalways
  6. śilārethe stone
  7. kahenasays
  8. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. kṛṣṇa-kalevarathe body of Lord Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “govardhana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the Lord’s declaration shape your understanding of the stone from Govardhana?

Practice

Repeat the Lord’s declaration once today and pause to consider its meaning.

Live this todayThe Stone Is Directly Kṛṣṇa’s BodyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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