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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa
Antya 7.19Antya 7.21

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.20

নিত্যানন্দ-অবধূত — ‘সাক্ষাৎ ঈশ্বর’ ।

ভাবোন্মাদে মত্ত কৃষ্ণপ্রেমের সাগর ॥ ২০ ॥

nityānanda-avadhūta — ‘sākṣāt īśvara’

bhāvonmāde matta kṛṣṇa-premera sāgara

Translation

“Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, the avadhūta, is also directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is always intoxicated with the madness of ecstatic love. Indeed, He is an ocean of love of 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.

Nityānanda Prabhu Is an Ocean of Love

  1. 1

    Lord Nityānanda Prabhu, described as the avadhūta, is directly the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He is always intoxicated with the madness of ecstatic love.

  3. 3

    He is an ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa. This image conveys the vastness of His love.

How it feels

Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.

The mood of Antya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 7: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Vallabha Bhaṭṭa

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

In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nityānandaLord Nityānanda
  2. avadhūtaparamahaṁsa
  3. sākṣāt īśvaradirectly the Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. bhāva-unmādeby the madness of ecstatic love
  5. mattaoverwhelmed, intoxicated
  6. kṛṣṇa-premeraof love of Kṛṣṇa
  7. sāgarathe ocean
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love of krsna”, “ecstatic love”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “madness”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the description of Nityānanda Prabhu as an ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa invite me to appreciate?

Practice

Read this verse slowly today, pausing over the words “an ocean of love of Kṛṣṇa.”

Live this todayNityānanda Prabhu Is an Ocean of LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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