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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 21.147Madhya 21.149

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.148

কৃষ্ণের মাধুরী আর মহাপ্রভুর মুখে ।

ইহা যেই শুনে, সেই ভাসে প্রেমসুখে ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

kṛṣṇera mādhurī āra mahāprabhura mukhe

ihā yei śune, sei bhāse prema-sukhe

Translation

If anyone gets an opportunity to hear about the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa in this chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, he will certainly be eligible to float in the transcendentally blissful ocean of love of God.

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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.

Hearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Opens Love of God

  1. 1

    This chapter of Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta offers an opportunity to hear about the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    Anyone who gets this opportunity will certainly become eligible to float in the ocean of love of God.

  3. 3

    The ocean of love of God is described as transcendentally blissful.

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. kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
  2. mādhurīthe sweetness
  3. āraand
  4. mahāprabhura mukhein the mouth of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. ihāthis statement
  6. yeianyone who
  7. śunehears
  8. seithat person
  9. bhāsefloats
  10. prema-sukhein the transcendental bliss of love of Godhead
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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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this promise encourage you to hear about the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read aloud a passage about Kṛṣṇa’s sweetness from this chapter today, listening attentively.

Live this todayHearing Kṛṣṇa’s Sweetness Opens Love of GodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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