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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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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa
Madhya 21.145Madhya 21.147

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.146

আমি ত’ বাউল, আন কহিতে আন কহি ।

কৃষ্ণের মাধুর্যামৃতস্রোতে যাই বহি’ ॥ ১৪৬ ॥

āmi ta’ bāula, āna kahite āna kahi

kṛṣṇera mādhuryāmṛta-srote yāi vahi’

Translation

“Since I have become a madman, I am saying one thing instead of another. This is because I am being carried away by the waves of the nectarean ocean of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental sweetness.”

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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.

Carried Away by Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Sweetness

  1. 1

    The speaker describes Himself as a madman, saying one thing instead of another.

  2. 2

    He explains that He is being carried away by Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental sweetness.

  3. 3

    That sweetness is described as a nectarean ocean whose waves carry Him away.

How it feels

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

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

In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 21
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āmi ta’ bāulaI am a madman
  2. āna kahiteto speak something
  3. āna kahiI speak on something else
  4. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  5. mādhurya-amṛtaof the nectar of the sweetness
  6. srotein the waves of
  7. yāiI go
  8. vahi’being carried away
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of a nectarean ocean help you appreciate about Lord Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness?

Practice

Read the translation slowly today, pausing to reflect on the words “Lord Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental sweetness.”

Live this todayCarried Away by Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental SweetnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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