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Antya 20-1975: The Siksastaka Prayers

Chapter 20

The Siksastaka Prayers

The following summary study of the Twentieth Chapter is given by Srila

Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of Siksastaka

in the company of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Ramananda Raya.

Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvami's Gita-govinda, from

Srimad-Bhagavatam, from Sri Ramananda Raya's Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka

or from Sri Bilvamangala Thakura's Krsna-karnamrta. In this way, He

became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu lived at Jagannatha Puri, He relished the taste of reciting

such transcendental verses. The Lord was present in this

mortal world for forty-eight years altogether. After hinting about the

Lord's disappearance, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta gives a

short description of the entire Antya-lila and then ends his book.

Antya 20.1

TEXT 1

TEXT

premodbhavita-harsersyod-

vega-dainyarti-misritam

lapitam gauracandrasya

bhagyavadbhir nisevyate

SYNONYMS

prema-udbhavita -- produced from ecstatic love and emotion; harsa --

jubilation; irsya -- envy; udvega -- agitation; dainya -- submissiveness;

arti -- grief; misritam -- mixed with; lapitam -- talks like those of a

crazy man; gauracandrasya -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

bhagyavadbhih -- by the most fortunate; nisevyate -- is enjoyable.

TRANSLATION

Only the most fortunate will relish the mad words of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, which mixed with jubilation, envy, agitation,

submissiveness and grief, all produced by ecstatic loving emotions.

Antya 20.2

TEXT 2

TEXT

jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityananda

jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda

SYNONYMS

jaya jaya -- all glories; gauracandra -- to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

jaya -- all glories; nityananda -- to Lord Nityananda Prabhu; jaya --

all glories; advaita-candra -- to Advaita Prabhu; jaya -- all glories;

gaura-bhakta-vrnda -- to the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord

Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the

devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!

Antya 20.3

TEXT 3

TEXT

ei-mata mahaprabhu vaise nilacale

rajani-divase krsna-virahe vihvale

SYNONYMS

ei-mata -- in this way; mahaprabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vaise

nilacale -- resided at Nilacala; rajani-divase -- day and night; krsna-

virahe -- because of separation from Krsna; vihvale -- overwhelmed.

TRANSLATION

While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thus resided at Jagannatha Puri [Nilacala],

He was continuously overwhelmed, night and day, by separation from

Krsna.

Antya 20.4

TEXT 4

TEXT

svarupa, ramananda, -- ei duijana-sane

ratri-dine rasa-gita-sloka asvadane

SYNONYMS

svarupa -- Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; ramananda -- Ramananda Raya; ei --

these; dui-jana-sane -- with two persons; ratri-dine -- night and day;

rasa-gita-sloka -- verses and songs containing the mellows of

transcendental bliss; asvadane -- in tasting.

TRANSLATION

Day and night He tasted transcendental blissful songs and verses with

two associates, namely Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Ramananda Raya.

Antya 20.5

TEXT 5

TEXT

nana-bhava uthe prabhura harsa, soka, rosa

dainyodvega-arti utkantha, santosa

SYNONYMS

nana-bhava -- all kinds of emotion; uthe -- awaken; prabhura -- of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; harsa -- jubilation; soka -- lamentation; rosa --

anger; dainya -- humility; udvega -- anxiety; arti -- grief; utkantha --

more eagerness; santosa -- satisfaction.

TRANSLATION

He relished the symptoms of various transcendental emotions such as

jubilation, lamentation, anger, humility, anxiety, grief, eagerness and

satisfaction.

Antya 20.6

TEXT 6

TEXT

sei sei bhave nija-sloka padiya

slokera artha asvadaye dui-bandhu lana

SYNONYMS

sei sei bhave -- in that particular emotion; nija-sloka padiya --

reciting His own verses; slokera -- of the verses; artha -- meaning;

asvadaye -- tastes; dui-bandhu lana -- with two friends.

TRANSLATION

He would recite His own verses, expressing their meanings and emotions,

and thus enjoy tasting them with these two friends.

Antya 20.7

TEXT 7

TEXT

kona dine kona bhave sloka-pathana

sei sloka asvadite ratri-jagarana

SYNONYMS

kona dine -- sometimes; kona bhave -- in some emotion; sloka-pathana --

reciting the verses; sei sloka -- those verses; asvadite -- to taste;

ratri-jagarana -- keeping awake at night.

TRANSLATION

Sometimes the Lord would be absorbed in a particular emotion and would

stay awake all night reciting related verses and relishing their taste.

Antya 20.8

TEXT 8

TEXT

harse prabhu kahena, -- "suna svarupa-rama-raya

nama-sankirtana -- kalau parama upaya

SYNONYMS

harse -- in jubilation; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahena --

says; suna -- please hear; svarupa-rama-raya -- My dear Svarupa Damodara

Gosvami and Ramananda Raya; nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy name

of the Lord; kalau -- in the age of Kali; parama upaya -- the most

feasible means for deliverance.

TRANSLATION

In great jubilation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "My dear Svarupa

Damodara and Ramananda Raya, know from Me that chanting of the holy

names is the most feasible means of salvation in this age of Kali.

Antya 20.9

TEXT 9

TEXT

sankirtana-yajne kalau krsna-aradhana

sei ta' sumedha paya krsnera carana

SYNONYMS

sankirtana-yajne -- performing the yajna of chanting the Hare Krsna

mantra; kalau -- in this age of Kali; krsna-aradhana -- the process of

worshiping Krsna; sei ta' -- such persons; su-medha -- greatly

intelligent; paya -- get; krsnera carana -- shelter at the lotus feet of

Krsna.

TRANSLATION

"In this age of Kali, the process of worshiping Krsna is to perform

sacrifice by chanting the holy name of the Lord. One who does so is

certainly very intelligent, and he attains shelter at the lotus feet of

Krsna.

PURPORT

For further information, one may refer to the Adi-lila, Chapter Three,

texts 77-78.

Antya 20.10

TEXT 10

TEXT

krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam

sangopangastra-parsadam

yajnaih sankirtana-prayair

yajanti hi sumedhasah

SYNONYMS

krsna-varnam -- repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa -- with a luster;

akrsnam -- not black (golden); sa-anga -- with associates; upanga --

servitors; astra -- weapons; parsadam -- confidential companions;

yajnaih -- by sacrifice; sankirtana-prayaih -- consisting chiefly of

congregational chanting; yajanti -- they worship; hi -- certainly; su-

medhasah -- intelligent persons.

TRANSLATION

" 'In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational

chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the

name of Krsna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna

Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and

confidential companions.'

PURPORT

This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhajana in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32).

For further information, see Adi-lila, Chapter Three, text 52.

Antya 20.11

TEXT 11

TEXT

nama-sankirtana haite sarvanartha-nasa

sarva-subhodaya, krsna-premera ullasa

SYNONYMS

nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy names of the Lord; haite -- from;

sarva-anartha-nasa -- destruction of all undesirable things; sarva-

subha-udaya -- awakening of all good fortune; krsna-premera ullasa --

the beginning of the flow of love of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

"Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna, one can be freed from

all undesirable habits. This is the means of awakening all good fortune

and initiating the flow of waves of love for Krsna.

Antya 20.12

TEXT 12

TEXT

ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam

sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam

anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam

sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam

SYNONYMS

cetah -- of the heart; darpana -- the mirror; marjanam -- cleansing;

bhava -- of material existence; maha-davagni -- the blazing forest

fire; nirvapanam -- extinguishing; sreyah -- of good fortune; kairava --

the white lotus; candrika -- the moonshine; vitaranam -- spreading;

vidya -- of all education; vadhu -- wife; jivanam -- the life; ananda --

of bliss; ambudhi -- the ocean; vardhanam -- increasing; prati-padam --

at every step; purna-amrta -- of the full nectar; asvadanam -- giving a

taste; sarva -- for everyone; atma-snapanam -- bathing of the self;

param -- transcendental; vijayate -- let there be victory; sri-krsna-

sankirtanam -- for the congregational chanting of the holy name of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

"Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord

Krsna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries

of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing

moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living

entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the

holy name of Krsna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It

gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar

at every step.

PURPORT

This is the first verse of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Siksastaka. The

other seven verses are found in texts 16, 21, 29, 32, 36, 39 and 47.

Antya 20.13

TEXT 13

TEXT

sankirtana haite papa-samsara-nasana

citta-suddhi, sarva-bhakti-sadhana-udgama

SYNONYMS

sankirtana haite -- from the process of chanting the holy name; papa-

samsara-nasana -- annihilation of materialistic life resulting from sins;

citta-suddhi -- cleansing of the heart; sarva-bhakti -- all kinds of

devotional service; sadhana -- of the performances; udgama -- awakening.

TRANSLATION

"By performing congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, one can

destroy the sinful condition of material existence, purify the unclean

heart and awaken all varieties of devotional service.

Antya 20.14

TEXT 14

TEXT

krsna-premodgama, premamrta-asvadana

krsna-prapti, sevamrta-samudre majjana

SYNONYMS

krsna-prema-udgama -- awakening of love for Krsna; prema-amrta-asvadana -

- tasting of the transcendental bliss of love for Krsna; krsna-prapti --

attainment of the lotus feet of Krsna; seva-amrta -- of the nectar of

service; samudre -- in the ocean; majjana -- immersing.

TRANSLATION

"The result of chanting is that one awakens his love for Krsna and

tastes transcendental bliss. Ultimately, one attains the association of

Krsna and engages in His devotional service, as if immersing himself in

a great ocean of love."

Antya 20.15

TEXT 15

TEXT

uthila visada, dainya, -- pade apana-sloka

yahara artha suni' saba yaya duhkha-soka

SYNONYMS

uthila visada -- there was awakening of lamentation; dainya -- humility;

pade -- reads; apana-sloka -- His own verse; yahara -- of which; artha

suni' -- hearing the meaning; saba -- all; yaya -- go away; duhkha-soka -

- unhappiness and lamentation.

TRANSLATION

Lamentation and humility awoke within Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He

began reciting another of His own verses. By hearing the meaning of that

verse, one can forget all unhappiness and lamentation.

Antya 20.16

TEXT 16

TEXT

namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis

tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah

etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi

durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah

SYNONYMS

namnam -- of the holy names of the Lord; akari -- manifested; bahudha --

various kinds; nija-sarva-saktih -- all kinds of personal potency;

tatra -- in that; arpita -- bestowed; niyamitah -- restricted; smarane --

in remembering; na -- not; kalah -- consideration of time; etadrsi --

so much; tava -- Your; krpa -- mercy; bhagavan -- O Lord; mama -- My;

api -- although; durdaivam -- misfortune; idrsam -- such; iha -- in this

(the holy name); ajani -- was born; na -- not; anuragah -- attachment.

TRANSLATION

"My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is

all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many

names, such as Krsna and Govinda, by which You expand Yourself. You

have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard

and fast rules for remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow

such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your

holy names, I am so unfortunate that I commit offenses while chanting

the holy name, and therefore I do not achieve attachment for chanting.

Antya 20.17

TEXT 17

TEXT

aneka-lokera vancha -- aneka-prakara

krpate karila aneka-namera pracara

SYNONYMS

aneka-lokera -- of many persons; vancha -- the desires; aneka-prakara --

of many varieties; krpate -- by Your mercy; karila -- You have done;

aneka -- various; namera -- of the holy names; pracara -- broadcasting.

TRANSLATION

"Because people vary in their desires, You have distributed various holy

names by Your mercy.

Antya 20.18

TEXT 18

TEXT

khaite suite yatha tatha nama laya

kala-desa-niyama nahi, sarva siddhi haya

SYNONYMS

khaite -- eating; suite -- lying down; yatha -- as; tatha -- so; nama

laya -- one takes the holy name; kala -- in time; desa -- in place;

niyama -- regulation; nahi -- there is not; sarva siddhi haya -- there

is all perfection.

TRANSLATION

"Regardless of time or place, one who chants the holy name, even while

eating or sleeping, attains all perfection.

Antya 20.19

TEXT 19

TEXT

"sarva-sakti name dila kariya vibhaga

amara durdaiva, -- name nahi anuraga!!"

SYNONYMS

sarva-sakti -- all potencies; name -- in the holy name; dila -- You have

bestowed; kariya vibhaga -- making separation; amara durdaiva -- My

misfortune; name -- for chanting the holy names; nahi -- there is not;

anuraga -- attachment.

TRANSLATION

"You have invested Your full potencies in each individual holy name, but

I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Your holy

names."

Antya 20.20

TEXT 20

TEXT

ye-rupe la-ile nama prema upajaya

tahara laksana suna, svarupa-rama-raya

SYNONYMS

ye-rupe -- by which process; la-ile -- if chanting; nama -- the holy

name; prema upajaya -- dormant love of Krsna awakens; tahara laksana

suna -- just hear the symptom of that; svarupa-rama-raya -- O Svarupa

Damodara and Ramananda Raya.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "O Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and

Ramananda Raya, hear from Me the symptoms of how one should chant the

Hare Krsna maha-mantra to awaken very easily one's dormant love for

Krsna.

Antya 20.21

TEXT 21

TEXT

trnad api sunicena

taror iva sahisnuna

amanina manadena

kirtaniyah sada harih

SYNONYMS

trnat api -- than downtrodden grass; sunicena -- being lower;

taroh -- than a tree; iva -- like; sahisnuna -- with tolerance; amanina -

- without being puffed up by false pride; manadena -- giving

respect to all; kirtaniyah -- to be chanted; sada -- always; harih --

the holy name of the Lord.

TRANSLATION

"One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than

a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to

give all respect to others, can very easily always chant the holy name

of the Lord.

Antya 20.22

TEXT 22

TEXT

uttama hana apanake mane trnadhama

dui-prakare sahisnuta kare vrksa-sama

SYNONYMS

uttama hana -- although being very exalted; apanake -- himself;

mane -- thinks; trna-adhama -- lower than a blade of the grass on the

ground; dui-prakare -- in two ways; sahisnuta -- tolerance; kare --

performs; vrksa-sama -- like the tree.

TRANSLATION

"These are the symptoms of one who chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra.

Although he is very exalted, he thinks himself lower than the grass on

the ground, and like a tree, he tolerates everything in two ways.

Antya 20.23

TEXT 23

TEXT

vrksa yena katileha kichu na bolaya

sukana maileha kare pani na magaya

SYNONYMS

vrksa -- a tree; yena -- as; katileha -- when it is cut; kichu na bolaya

-- does not say anything; sukana -- drying up; maileha -- if dying; kare

-- anyone; pani -- water; na magaya -- does not ask for.

TRANSLATION

"When a tree is cut down, it does not protest, and even when drying up,

it does not ask anyone for water.

Antya 20.24

TEXT 24

TEXT

yei ye magaye, tare deya apana-dhana

gharma-vrsti sahe, anera karaye raksana

SYNONYMS

yei ye magaye -- if anyone asks anything from the tree; tare -- unto him;

deya -- gives; apana-dhana -- its own wealth; gharma-vrsti -- the

scorching heat of the sun and torrents of rain; sahe -- tolerates; anera

-- to others; karaye raksana -- gives protection.

TRANSLATION

"The tree delivers its fruits, flowers and whatever it possesses to

anyone and everyone. It tolerates scorching heat and torrents of rain,

yet it still gives shelter to others.

Antya 20.25

TEXT 25

TEXT

uttama hana vaisnava habe nirabhimana

jive sammana dibe jani' 'krsna'-adhisthana

SYNONYMS

uttama hana -- although being very exalted; vaisnava -- a devotee;

habe -- should become; nirabhimana -- without pride; jive -- to all

living entities; sammana dibe -- should give respect; jani' -- knowing;

krsna-adhisthana -- the residing place of Krsna.

TRANSLATION

"Although a Vaisnava is the most exalted person, he is prideless and

gives all respect to everyone, knowing everyone to be the resting place

of Krsna.

Antya 20.26

TEXT 26

TEXT

ei-mata hana yei krsna-nama laya

sri-krsna-carane tanra prema upajaya

SYNONYMS

ei-mata -- in this way; hana -- becoming; yei -- anyone who; krsna-nama

laya -- chants the holy name of Krsna; sri-krsna-carane -- at the lotus

feet of Lord Krsna; tanra -- his; prema upajaya -- love of Krsna awakens.

TRANSLATION

"If one chants the holy name of Lord Krsna in this manner, he will

certainly awaken his dormant love for Krsna's lotus feet."

Antya 20.27

TEXT 27

TEXT

kahite kahite prabhura dainya badila

'suddha-bhakti' krsna-thani magite lagila

SYNONYMS

kahite kahite -- speaking like this; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; dainya -- humility; badila -- increased; suddha-bhakti --

pure devotional service; krsna-thani -- from Krsna; magite lagila --

began to pray for.

TRANSLATION

As Lord Caitanya spoke in this way, His humility increased, and He began

praying to Krsna that He could discharge pure devotional service.

Antya 20.28

TEXT 28

TEXT

premera svabhava -- yahan premera sambandha

sei mane, -- 'krsne mora nahi prema-gandha'

SYNONYMS

premera sva-bhava -- the nature of love of Godhead; yahan -- where;

premera sambandha -- a relationship of love of Godhead; sei mane -- he

recognizes; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; mora -- my; nahi -- there is not;

prema-gandha -- even a scent of love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

Wherever there is a relationship of love of Godhead, its natural symptom

is that the devotee does not think himself a devotee. Instead, he always

thinks that he has not even a drop of love for Krsna.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that persons who are

actually very poor because they possess not even a drop of love of

Godhead or pure devotional service falsely advertise themselves as great

devotees, although they cannot at any time relish the transcendental

bliss of devotional service. A class of so-called devotees known as

prakrta-sahajiyas sometimes display devotional symptoms to exhibit their

good fortune. They are pretending, however, because these devotional

features are only external. The prakrta-sahajiyas exhibit these symptoms

to advertise their so-called advancement in love of Krsna, but instead

of praising the prakrta-sahajiyas for their symptoms of transcendental

ecstasy, pure devotees do not like to associate with them. It is not

advisable to equate the prakrta-sahajiyas with pure devotees. When one

is actually advanced in ecstatic love of Krsna, he does not try to

advertise himself. Instead, he endeavors more and more to render service

to the Lord.

The prakrta-sahajiyas sometimes criticize pure devotees by calling them

philosophers, learned scholars, knowers of the truth, or minute

observers, but not devotees. On the other hand, they depict themselves

as the most advanced, transcendentally blissful devotees, deeply

absorbed in devotional service and mad to taste transcendental mellows.

They also describe themselves as the most advanced devotees in

spontaneous love, as knowers of transcendental mellows, as the topmost

devotees in conjugal love of Krsna, and so on. Not actually knowing the

transcendental nature of love of God, they accept their material

emotions to be indicative of advancement. In this way they pollute the

process of devotional service. To try to become writers of Vaisnava

literature, they introduce their material conceptions of life into pure

devotional service. Because of their material conceptions, they

advertise themselves as knowers of transcendental mellows, but they do

not understand the transcendental nature of devotional service.

Antya 20.29

TEXT 29

TEXT

na dhanam na janam na sundarim

kavitam va jagadisa kamaye

mama janmani jamanisvare

bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi

SYNONYMS

na -- not; dhanam -- riches; na -- not; janam -- followers; na -- not;

sundarim -- a very beautiful woman; kavitam -- fruitive activities

described in flowery language; va -- or; jagat-isa -- O Lord of the

universe; kamaye -- I desire; mama -- My; janmani -- in birth; janmani --

after birth; isvare -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead;

bhavatat -- let there be; bhaktih -- devotional service; ahaituki --

with no motives; tvayi -- unto You.

TRANSLATION

"O Lord of the universe, I do not desire material wealth, materialistic

followers, a beautiful wife or fruitive activities described in flowery

language. All I want, life after life, is unmotivated devotional service

to You.

Antya 20.30

TEXT 30

TEXT

dhana, jana nahi magon, kavita sundari

'suddha-bhakti' deha' more, krsna krpa kari'

SYNONYMS

dhana -- wealth; jana -- followers; nahi -- do not; magon -- I want;

kavita sundari -- a beautiful wife or fruitive activities; suddha-bhakti

-- pure devotional service; deha -- please award; more -- unto Me;

krsna -- O Lord Krsna; krpa kari' -- becoming merciful.

TRANSLATION

"My dear Lord Krsna, I do not want material wealth from You, nor do I

want followers, a beautiful wife or the results of fruitive activities.

I only pray that by Your causeless mercy You give Me pure devotional

service to You, life after life.

Antya 20.31

TEXT 31

TEXT

ati-dainye punah mage dasya-bhakti-dana

apanare kare samsari jiva-abhimana

SYNONYMS

ati-dainye -- in great humility; punah -- again; mage -- begs; dasya-

bhakti-dana -- the awarding of devotion in servitude; apanare -- to

Himself; kare -- does; samsari -- materialistic; jiva-abhimana --

conception as a conditioned soul.

TRANSLATION

In great humility, considering Himself a conditioned soul of the

material world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again expressed His desire to be

endowed with service to the Lord.

Antya 20.32

TEXT 32

TEXT

ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram

patitam mam visame bhavambudhau

krpaya tava pada-pankaja-

sthita-dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya

SYNONYMS

ayi -- oh, My Lord; nanda-tanuja -- the son of Nanda Maharaja, Krsna;

kinkaram -- the servant; patitam -- fallen; mam -- Me; visame --

horrible; bhava-ambudhau -- in the ocean of nescience; krpaya -- by

causeless mercy; tava -- Your; pada-pankaja -- lotus feet; sthita --

situated at; dhuli-sadrsam -- like a particle of dust; vicintaya --

kindly consider.

TRANSLATION

"Oh, My Lord, O Krsna, son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant,

but because of My own fruitive acts, I have fallen in this horrible

ocean of nescience. Now please be causelessly merciful to Me. Consider

Me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.

Antya 20.33

TEXT 33

TEXT

"tomara nitya-dasa mui, toma pasariya

padiyachon bhavarnave maya-baddha hana

SYNONYMS

tomara -- Your; nitya-dasa -- eternal servant; mui -- I; toma pasariya --

forgetting Your Lordship; padiyachon -- I have fallen; bhava-arnave --

in the ocean of nescience; maya-baddha hana -- becoming conditioned by

the external energy.

TRANSLATION

"I am Your eternal servant, but I forgot Your Lordship. Now I have

fallen in the ocean of nescience and have been conditioned by the

external energy.

Antya 20.34

TEXT 34

TEXT

krpa kari' kara more pada-dhuli-sama

tomara sevaka karon tomara sevana"

SYNONYMS

krpa kari' -- being merciful; kara -- make; more -- Me; pada-dhuli-sama -

- like a particle of dust at Your lotus feet; tomara sevaka -- as I am

Your eternal servant; karon -- let Me be engaged; tomara sevana -- in

Your service.

TRANSLATION

"Be causelessly merciful to Me by giving Me a place with the particles

of dust at Your lotus feet so that I may engage in the service of Your

Lordship as Your eternal servant."

Antya 20.35

TEXT 35

TEXT

punah ati-utkantha, dainya ha-ila udgama

krsna-thani mage prema-nama-sankirtana

SYNONYMS

punah -- again; ati-utkantha -- great eagerness; dainya -- humility; ha-

ila udgama -- was awakened; krsna-thani -- from Lord Krsna; mage --

prays for; prema -- in ecstatic love; nama-sankirtana -- chanting the

maha-mantra.

TRANSLATION

Natural humility and eagerness then awoke in Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu. He prayed to Krsna to be able to chant the maha-mantra in

ecstatic love.

Antya 20.36

TEXT 36

TEXT

nayanam galad-asru-dharaya

vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira

pulakair nicitam vapuh kada,

tava nama-grahane bhavisyati

SYNONYMS

nayanam -- the eyes; galat-asru-dharaya -- by streams of tears running

down; vadanam -- mouth; gadgada -- faltering; ruddhaya -- choked up;

gira -- with words; pulakaih -- with erection of the hairs due to

transcendental happiness; nicitam -- covered; vapuh -- the body; kada --

when; tava -- Your; nama-grahane -- in chanting the name; bhavisyati --

will be.

TRANSLATION

"My dear Lord, when will My eyes be beautified by filling with tears

that constantly glide down as I chant Your holy name? When will My voice

falter and all the hairs on My body stand erect in transcendental

happiness as I chant Your holy name?

Antya 20.37

TEXT 37

TEXT

"prema-dhana vina vyartha daridra jivana

'dasa' kari' vetana more deha prema-dhana"

SYNONYMS

prema-dhana -- the wealth of ecstatic love; vina -- without; vyartha --

useless; daridra jivana -- poor life; dasa kari' -- accepting as Your

eternal servant; vetana -- salary; more -- unto Me; deha -- give; prema-

dhana -- the treasure of love of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

"Without love of Godhead, My life is useless. Therefore I pray that You

accept Me as Your servant and give Me the salary of ecstatic love of God.

Antya 20.38

TEXT 38

TEXT

rasantaravese ha-ila viyoga-sphurana

udvega, visada, dainye kare pralapana

SYNONYMS

rasa-antara-avese -- in the ecstatic love of different

mellows; ha-ila -- there was; viyoga-sphurana -- awakening of separation;

udvega -- distress; visada -- moroseness; dainye -- humility; kare

pralapana -- speaks like a crazy person.

TRANSLATION

Separation from Krsna awoke various mellows of distress, lamentation and

humility. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke like a crazy man.

Antya 20.39

TEXT 39

TEXT

yugayitam nimesena

caksusa pravrsayitam

sunyayitam jagat sarvam

govinda-virahena me

SYNONYMS

yugayitam -- appearing like a great millennium; nimesena -- by a moment;

caksusa -- from the eyes; pravrsayitam -- tears falling like torrents of

rain; sunyayitam -- appearing void; jagat -- the world; sarvam -- all;

govinda -- from Lord Govinda, Krsna; virahena me -- by My separation.

TRANSLATION

"My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a

moment a great millennium. Tears flow from My eyes like torrents of rain,

and I see the entire world as void.

Antya 20.40

TEXT 40

TEXT

udvege divasa na yaya 'ksana' haila 'yuga'-sama

varsara megha-praya asru varise nayana

SYNONYMS

udvege -- by great agitation; divasa -- day; na -- not; yaya -- passes;

ksana -- a moment; haila -- became; yuga-sama -- like a great millennium;

varsara -- of the rainy season; megha-praya -- like clouds; asru --

tears; varise -- fall down; nayana -- from the eyes.

TRANSLATION

"In My agitation, a day never ends, for every moment seems like a

millennium. Pouring incessant tears, My eyes are like clouds in the

rainy season.

Antya 20.41

TEXT 41

TEXT

govinda-virahe sunya ha-ila tribhuvana

tusanale pode, -- yena na yaya jivana

SYNONYMS

govinda-virahe -- by separation from Govinda; sunya -- void; ha-ila --

became; tri-bhuvana -- the three worlds; tusa-anale -- in the slow fire;

pode -- burns; yena -- just like; na yaya -- does not go; jivana -- life.

TRANSLATION

"The three worlds have become void because of separation from Govinda. I

feel as if I were burning alive in a slow fire.

Antya 20.42

TEXT 42

TEXT

krsna udasina ha-ila karite pariksana

sakhi saba kahe, -- 'krsne kara upeksana'

SYNONYMS

krsna -- Lord Krsna; udasina -- indifferent; ha-ila -- became; karite --

to make; pariksana -- testing; sakhi saba kahe -- all the friends say;

krsne -- unto Krsna; kara -- just do; upeksana -- neglecting.

TRANSLATION

"Lord Krsna has become indifferent to Me just to test My love, and My

friends say, 'Better to disregard Him.' "

Antya 20.43

TEXT 43

TEXT

eteka cintite radhara nirmala hrdaya

svabhavika premara svabhava karila udaya

SYNONYMS

eteka -- thus; cintite -- thinking; radhara -- of Srimati Radharani;

nirmala hrdaya -- possessing a pure heart; svabhavika -- natural;

premara -- of love of Krsna; sva-bhava -- the character; karila

udaya -- awakes.

TRANSLATION

While Srimati Radharani was thinking in this way, the characteristics of

natural love became manifest because of Her pure heart.

Antya 20.44

TEXT 44

TEXT

irsya, utkantha, dainya, praudhi, vinaya

eta bhava eka-thani karila udaya

SYNONYMS

irsya -- envy; utkantha -- eagerness; dainya -- humility; praudhi --

zeal; vinaya -- solicitation; eta bhava -- all these transcendental

ecstasies; eka-thani -- in one place; karila udaya -- awoke.

TRANSLATION

The ecstatic symptoms of envy, great eagerness, humility, zeal and

supplication all became manifest at once.

Antya 20.45

TEXT 45

TEXT

eta bhave radhara mana asthira ha-ila

sakhi-gana-age praudhi-sloka ye padila

SYNONYMS

eta bhave -- in that mood; radhara -- of Srimati Radharani; mana -- the

mind; asthira ha-ila -- became agitated; sakhi-gana-age -- before the

friends, the gopis; praudhi-sloka -- advanced devotional verse; ye --

which; padila -- She recited.

TRANSLATION

In that mood, the mind of Srimati Radharani was agitated, and therefore

She spoke a verse of advanced devotion to Her gopi friends.

Antya 20.46

TEXT 46

TEXT

sei bhave prabhu sei sloka uccarila

sloka uccarite tad-rupa apane ha-ila

SYNONYMS

sei bhave -- in that ecstatic mood; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

sei -- that; sloka -- verse; uccarila -- recited; sloka -- the verse;

uccarite -- by reciting; tat-rupa -- like Srimati Radharani; apane --

Himself; ha-ila -- became.

TRANSLATION

In the same spirit of ecstasy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited that

verse, and as soon as He did so, He felt like Srimati Radharani.

Antya 20.47

TEXT 47

TEXT

aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam

adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va

yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato

mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah

SYNONYMS

aslisya -- embracing with great pleasure; va -- or; pada-ratam -- who

is fallen at the lotus feet; pinastu -- let Him trample; mam -- Me;

adarsanat -- by not being visible; marma-hatam -- brokenhearted; karotu -

- let Him make; va -- or; yatha -- as (He likes); tatha -- so; va -- or;

vidadhatu -- let Him do; lampatah -- a debauchee, who mixes with other

women; mat-prana-nathah -- the Lord of My life; tu -- but; sah -- He;

eva -- only; na aparah -- not anyone else.

TRANSLATION

"Let Krsna tightly embrace this maidservant, who has fallen at His lotus

feet. Let Him trample Me or break My heart by never being visible to

Me. He is a debauchee, after all, and can do whatever He likes, but

He is still no one other than the worshipable Lord of My

heart.

Antya 20.48

TEXT 48

TEXT

"ami -- krsna-pada-dasi, tenho -- rasa-sukha-rasi,

alingiya kare atma-satha

kiba na deya darasana, jarena mora tanu-mana,

tabu tenho -- mora prana-natha

SYNONYMS

ami -- I; krsna-pada-dasi -- a maidservant at the lotus feet of Krsna;

tenho -- He; rasa-sukha-rasi -- the reservoir of transcendental mellows;

alingiya -- by embracing; kare -- makes; atma-satha -- merged; kiba --

or; na deya -- does not give; darasana -- audience; jarena -- corrodes;

mora -- My; tanu-mana -- body and mind; tabu -- still; tenho -- He; mora

prana-natha -- the Lord of My life.

TRANSLATION

"I am a maidservant at the lotus feet of Krsna. He is the embodiment of

transcendental happiness and mellows. If He likes He can tightly embrace

Me and make Me feel oneness with Him, or by not giving Me His audience,

He may corrode My mind and body. Nevertheless, it is He who is the Lord

of My life.

Antya 20.49

TEXT 49

TEXT

sakhi he, suna mora manera niscaya

kiba anuraga kare, kiba duhkha diya mare,

mora pranesvara krsna -- anya naya

SYNONYMS

sakhi he -- O My dear friend; suna -- just hear; mora -- My; manera --

of the mind; niscaya -- decision; kiba -- whether; anuraga -- affection;

kare -- shows; kiba -- or; duhkha -- unhappiness; diya -- bestowing;

mare -- kills; mora -- My; prana-isvara -- the Lord of life; krsna --

Krsna; anya naya -- and no one else.

TRANSLATION

"My dear friend, just hear the decision of My mind. Krsna is the Lord of

My life in all conditions, whether He shows Me affection or kills Me by

giving Me unhappiness.

Antya 20.50

TEXT 50

TEXT

chadi' anya nari-gana, mora vasa tanu-mana,

mora saubhagya prakata kariya

ta-sabare deya pida, ama-sane kare krida,

sei nari-gane dekhana

SYNONYMS

chadi' -- giving up; anya -- other; nari-gana -- women; mora -- My; vasa

-- control; tanu-mana -- mind and body; mora -- My; saubhagya -- fortune;

prakata kariya -- manifesting; ta-sabare -- unto all of them; deya pida

-- gives distress; ama-sane -- with Me; kare krida -- performs loving

activities; sei nari-gane -- unto these women; dekhana -- showing.

TRANSLATION

"Sometimes Krsna gives up the company of other gopis and becomes

controlled, mind and body, by Me. Thus He manifests My good fortune and

gives others distress by performing His loving affairs with Me.

Antya 20.51

TEXT 51

TEXT

kiba tenho lampata, satha, dhrsta, sakapata,

anya nari-gana kari' satha

more dite manah-pida, mora age kare krida,

tabu tenho -- mora prana-natha

SYNONYMS

kiba -- or; tenho -- He; lampata -- debauchee; satha -- deceitful;

dhrsta -- obstinate; sakapata -- with a cheating propensity; anya --

other; nari-gana -- women; kari' -- accepting; satha -- as companions;

more -- unto Me; dite -- to give; manah-pida -- distress in the mind;

mora age -- in front of Me; kare krida -- performs loving affairs; tabu -

- still; tenho -- He; mora prana-natha -- the Lord of My life.

TRANSLATION

"Or, since after all He is a very cunning, obstinate debauchee with a

propensity to cheat, He takes to the company of other women. He then

indulges in loving affairs with them in front of Me to give distress to

My mind. Nevertheless, He is still the Lord of My life.

Antya 20.52

TEXT 52

TEXT

na gani apana-duhkha, sabe vanchi tanra sukha,

tanra sukha -- amara tatparya

more yadi diya duhkha, tanra haila maha-sukha,

sei duhkha -- mora sukha-varya

SYNONYMS

na -- not; gani -- I count; apana-duhkha -- own personal misery; sabe --

only; vanchi -- I desire; tanra sukha -- His happiness; tanra sukha --

His happiness; amara tatparya -- the aim of My life; more -- unto Me;

yadi -- if; diya duhkha -- giving distress; tanra -- His; haila -- there

was; maha-sukha -- great happiness; sei duhkha -- that unhappiness; mora

sukha-varya -- the best of My happiness.

TRANSLATION

"I do not mind My personal distress. I only wish for the happiness of

Krsna, for His happiness is the goal of My life. However, if He feels

great happiness in giving Me distress, that distress is the best of My

happiness.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that a devotee does not

care about his own happiness and distress; he is simply interested in

seeing that Krsna is happy, and for that purpose he engages in various

activities. A pure devotee has no way of sensing happiness except by

seeing that Krsna is happy in every respect. If Krsna becomes happy by

giving him distress, such a devotee accepts that unhappiness as the

greatest of all happiness. Those who are materialistic, however, who are

very proud of material wealth and have no spiritual knowledge, like the

prakrta-sahajiyas, regard their own happiness as the aim of life. Some

of them aspire to enjoy themselves by sharing the happiness of Krsna.

This is the mentality of fruitive workers who want to enjoy sense

gratification by making a show of service to Krsna.

Antya 20.53

TEXT 53

TEXT

ye narire vanche krsna, tara rupe satrsna,

tare na pana haya duhkhi

mui tara paya padi', lana yana hate dhari',

krida karana tanre karon sukhi

SYNONYMS

ye narire -- the woman whom; vanche krsna -- Krsna desires to have in

His company; tara rupe satrsna -- attracted to her beauty; tare -- her;

na pana -- not getting; haya duhkhi -- becomes unhappy; mui -- I; tara

paya padi' -- falling down at her feet; lana yana -- taking, go; hate

dhari' -- catching the hand; krida -- pastimes; karana -- bringing about;

tanre -- Lord Krsna; karon sukhi -- I make happy.

TRANSLATION

"If Krsna, attracted by the beauty of some other woman, wants to enjoy

with her but is unhappy because He cannot get her, I fall down at her

feet, catch her hand and bring her to Krsna to engage her for His

happiness.

Antya 20.54

TEXT 54

TEXT

kanta krsne kare rosa, krsna paya santosa,

sukha paya tadana-bhartsane

yatha-yogya kare mana, krsna tate sukha pana,

chade mana alpa-sadhane

SYNONYMS

kanta -- the beloved; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; kare rosa -- shows anger;

krsna paya santosa -- Krsna becomes very happy; sukha paya -- obtains

happiness; tadana-bhartsane -- by chastisement; yatha-yogya -- as it is

suitable; kare mana -- shows pride; krsna -- Lord Krsna; tate -- in such

activities; sukha pana -- obtains happiness; chade mana -- gives up

pride; alpa-sadhane -- by a little endeavor.

TRANSLATION

"When a beloved gopi shows symptoms of anger toward Krsna, Krsna is very

satisfied. Indeed, He is pleased when chastised by such a gopi.

She shows her pride suitably, and Krsna enjoys that attitude. Then she

gives up her pride with a little endeavor.

Antya 20.55

TEXT 55

TEXT

sei nari jiye kene, krsna-marma vyatha jane,

tabu krsne kare gadha rosa

nija-sukhe mane kaja, paduka tara sire vaja,

krsnera matra cahiye santosa

SYNONYMS

sei nari -- that woman; jiye -- lives; kene -- why; krsna-marma -- Krsna'

s heart; vyatha -- unhappy; jane -- knows; tabu -- still; krsne -- unto

Krsna; kare -- does; gadha rosa -- deep anger; nija-sukhe -- in her own

happiness; mane -- considers; kaja -- the only business; paduka -- let

there fall; tare -- of her; sire -- on the head; vaja -- a thunderbolt;

krsnera -- of Krsna; matra -- only; cahiye -- we want; santosa -- the

happiness.

TRANSLATION

"Why does a woman continue to live who knows that Krsna's heart is

unhappy but who still shows her deep anger toward Him? She is interested

in her own happiness. I condemn such a woman to be struck on the head

with a thunderbolt, for we simply want the happiness of Krsna.

PURPORT

A devotee who is satisfied only with his own sense gratification

certainly falls down from the service of Krsna. Being attracted by

material happiness, he later joins the prakrta-sahajiyas, who are

considered to be nondevotees.

Antya 20.56

TEXT 56

TEXT

ye gopi mora kare dvese, krsnera kare santose,

krsna yare kare abhilasa

mui tara ghare yana, tare sevon dasi hana,

tabe mora sukhera ullasa

SYNONYMS

ye gopi -- any gopi who; mora -- unto Me; kare dvese -- shows envy;

krsnera kare santose -- but satisfies Krsna; krsna -- unto Lord Krsna;

yare -- unto whom; kare -- does; abhilasa -- desiring; mui -- I; tara --

her; ghare yana -- going to the house; tare sevon -- shall render

service unto her; dasi hana -- becoming a maidservant; tabe -- then;

mora -- My; sukhera ullasa -- awakening of happiness.

TRANSLATION

"If a gopi envious of Me satisfies Krsna and Krsna desires her, I shall

not hesitate to go to her house and become her maidservant, for then My

happiness will be awakened.

Antya 20.57

TEXT 57

TEXT

kusthi-viprera ramani, pativrata-siromani,

pati lagi' kaila vesyara seva

stambhila suryera gati, jiyaila mrta pati,

tusta kaila mukhya tina-deva

SYNONYMS

kusthi-viprera -- of the brahmana who suffered from leprosy; ramani --

the wife; pati-vrata-siromani -- the topmost of chaste women; pati lagi'

-- for the satisfaction of her husband; kaila -- performed; vesyara seva

-- service to a prostitute; stambhila -- stopped; suryera gati -- the

movement of the sun; jiyaila -- revived; mrta pati -- the dead husband;

tusta kaila -- satisfied; mukhya -- the principal; tina-deva -- three

deities or demigods.

TRANSLATION

"The wife of a brahmana suffering from leprosy manifested herself as the

topmost of all chaste women by serving a prostitute to satisfy her

husband. She thus stopped the movement of the sun, brought her dead

husband back to life and satisfied the three principal demigods [Brahma,

Visnu and Mahesvara].

PURPORT

The Aditya Purana, Markendeya Purana and Padma Purana tell about a

brahmana who was suffering from leprosy but had a very chaste and

faithful wife. He desired to enjoy the company of a prostitute, and

therefore his wife went to her and became her maidservant, just to draw

her attention for his service. When the prostitute agreed to associate

with him, the wife brought her the leprotic husband. When that leper,

the sinful son of a brahmana, saw the chastity of his wife, he finally

abandoned his sinful intentions. While coming home, however, he touched

the body of Markendeya Rsi, who thus cursed him to die at sunrise.

Because of her chastity, the woman was very powerful. Therefore when she

heard about the curse, she vowed to stop the sunrise. Because of her

strong determination to serve her husband, the three deities -- namely

Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara -- were very happy, and they gave her the

benediction that her husband would be cured and brought back to life.

This example is given herein to emphasize that a devotee should engage

himself exclusively for the satisfaction of Krsna, without personal

motives. That will make his life successful.

Antya 20.58

TEXT 58

TEXT

"krsna -- mora jivana, krsna -- mora prana-dhana,

krsna -- mora pranera parana

hrdaya-upare dharon, seva kari' sukhi karon,

ei mora sada rahe dhyana

SYNONYMS

krsna -- Lord Krsna; mora jivana -- My life and soul; krsna -- Lord

Krsna; mora prana-dhana -- the wealth of My life; krsna -- Lord Krsna;

mora pranera parana -- the life of My life; hrdaya-upare -- on My heart;

dharon -- I hold; seva kari' -- serving; sukhi karon -- I make happy; ei

-- this; mora -- My; sada -- always; rahe -- remains; dhyana --

meditation.

TRANSLATION

"Krsna is My life and soul. Krsna is the treasure of My life. Indeed,

Krsna is the very life of My life. I therefore keep Him always in My

heart and try to please Him by rendering service. That is My constant

meditation.

Antya 20.59

TEXT 59

TEXT

mora sukha -- sevane, krsnera sukha -- sangame,

ataeva deha dena dana

krsna more 'kanta' kari', kahe more 'pranesvari',

mora haya 'dasi'-abhimana

SYNONYMS

mora sukha -- My happiness; sevane -- in service; krsnera sukha -- Krsna'

s happiness; sangame -- by union with Me; ataeva -- therefore; deha --

My body; dena -- I offer; dana -- as charity; krsna -- Lord Krsna; more -

- Me; kanta kari' -- accepting as beloved; kahe -- says; more -- to Me;

prana-isvari -- the most beloved; mora -- My; haya -- there is; dasi-

abhimana -- considering His maidservant.

TRANSLATION

"My happiness is in the service of Krsna, and Krsna's happiness is in

union with Me. For this reason, I give My body in charity to the lotus

feet of Krsna, who accepts Me as His loved one and calls Me His most

beloved. It is then that I consider Myself His maidservant.

Antya 20.60

TEXT 60

TEXT

kanta-seva-sukha-pura, sangama haite sumadhura,

tate saksi -- laksmi thakurani

narayana-hrdi sthiti, tabu pada-sevaya mati,

seva kare 'dasi'-abhimani

SYNONYMS

kanta-seva-sukha-pura -- the service of the Lord is the home of

happiness; sangama haite su-madhura -- sweeter than direct union; tate --

in that; saksi -- evidence; laksmi thakurani -- the goddess of fortune;

narayana-hrdi -- on the heart of Narayana; sthiti -- situation; tabu --

still; pada-sevaya mati -- her desire is to serve the lotus feet; seva

kare -- renders service; dasi-abhimani -- considering herself a

maidservant.

TRANSLATION

"Service to My lover is the home of happiness and is more sweet than

direct union with Him. The goddess of fortune is evidence of this, for

although she constantly lives on the heart of Narayana, she wants to

render service to His lotus feet. She therefore considers herself a

maidservant and serves Him constantly."

Antya 20.61

TEXT 61

TEXT

ei radhara vacana, visuddha-prema-laksana,

asvadaye sri-gaura-raya

bhave mana nahe sthira, sattvike vyape sarira,

mana-deha dharana na yaya

SYNONYMS

ei -- this; radhara vacana -- the statement of Srimati Radharani;

visuddha-prema-laksana -- the symptoms of pure love of Krsna; asvadaye --

tastes; sri-gaura-raya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhave --

because of this ecstasy; mana nahe sthira -- the mind is not steady;

sattvike -- the symptoms of transcendental love; vyape -- spread over;

sarira -- the body; mana-deha -- mind and body; dharana -- sustaining;

na yaya -- is not possible.

TRANSLATION

These statements by Srimati Radharani show the symptoms of pure love for

Krsna tasted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In that ecstatic love, His mind

was unsteady. Transformations of transcendental love spread throughout

His entire body, and He could not sustain His body and mind.

Antya 20.62

TEXT 62

TEXT

vrajera visuddha-prema, -- yena jambu-nada hema,

atma-sukhera yahan nahi gandha

se prema jana'te loke, prabhu kaila ei sloke,

pade kaila arthera nirbandha

SYNONYMS

vrajera -- of Vrndavana; visuddha-prema -- the pure love of Krsna; yena -

- like; jambu-nada hema -- the golden particles found in the Jambu River;

atma-sukhera -- of personal sense gratification; yahan -- where; nahi

gandha -- there is not even a scent; se prema -- that love of Godhead;

jana'te loke -- to advertise among the people; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; kaila -- has written; ei sloke -- this verse; pade -- in

different steps; kaila arthera nirbandha -- has clarified the real

meaning.

TRANSLATION

The pure devotional service in Vrndavana is like the golden particles in

the River Jambu. In Vrndavana there is not a trace of personal sense

gratification. It is to advertise such pure love in this material world

that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has written the previous verse and

explained its meaning.

Antya 20.63

TEXT 63

TEXT

ei-mata mahaprabhu bhavavista hana

pralapa karila tat-tat sloka padiya

SYNONYMS

ei-mata -- in this way; mahaprabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhava-

avista hana -- being overwhelmed by ecstatic love; pralapa karila --

said crazy words; tat-tat -- appropriate; sloka padiya -- by reading

the verse.

TRANSLATION

Thus overwhelmed by ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke like a

madman and recited suitable verses.

Antya 20.64

TEXT 64

TEXT

purve asta-sloka kari' loke siksa dila

sei asta-slokera artha apane asvadila

SYNONYMS

purve -- formerly; asta-sloka kari' -- composing eight verses; loke

siksa dila -- gave instruction to the people in general; sei -- those;

asta-slokera -- of the eight stanzas; artha -- the meaning; apane

asvadila -- personally tasted.

TRANSLATION

The Lord had formerly composed these eight verses to teach people in

general. Now He personally tasted the meaning of the verses, which are

called the Siksastaka.

Antya 20.65

TEXT 65

TEXT

prabhura 'siksastaka'-sloka yei pade, sune

krsne prema-bhakti tara bade dine-dine

SYNONYMS

prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; siksa-astaka -- of the eight

instructions; sloka -- the verses; yei -- anyone who; pade -- recites;

sune -- or hears; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; prema-bhakti -- ecstatic

love and devotion; tara -- his; bade -- increases; dine-dine -- day

after day.

TRANSLATION

If anyone recites or hears these eight verses of instruction by Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu, his ecstatic love and devotion for Krsna increase

day by day.

Antya 20.66

TEXT 66

TEXT

yadyapiha prabhu -- koti-samudra-gambhira

nana-bhava-candrodaye hayena asthira

SYNONYMS

yadyapiha -- although; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; koti-samudra-

gambhira -- as deep as millions of oceans; nana -- various; bhava -- of

ecstatic emotions; candrodaye -- because of the moonrise; hayena --

sometimes becomes; asthira -- restless.

TRANSLATION

Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of

oceans, when the moon of His various emotions rises, He becomes restless.

Antya 20.67-68

TEXTS 67-68

TEXT

yei yei sloka jayadeva, bhagavate

rayera natake, yei ara karnamrte

sei sei bhave sloka kariya pathane

sei sei bhavavese karena asvadane

SYNONYMS

yei yei -- whatever; sloka -- verses; jayadeva -- Jayadeva Gosvami;

bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam; rayera natake -- in the drama

made by Ramananda Raya; yei -- whatever; ara -- also; karnamrte --

in the book named Krsna-karnamrta, written by Bilvamangala Thakura; sei

sei bhave -- in those ecstatic emotions; sloka -- verses; kariya pathane

-- reading regularly; sei sei -- in that particular; bhava-avese --

ecstatic love; karena asvadane -- He tastes.

TRANSLATION

When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva's Gita-govinda,

of Srimad-Bhagavatam, of Ramananda Raya's drama Jagannatha-vallabha-

nataka and of Bilvamangala Thakura's Krsna-karnamrta, He was

overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He

tasted their purports.

Antya 20.69

TEXT 69

TEXT

dvadasa vatsara aiche dasa -- ratri-dine

krsna-rasa asvadaye dui-bandhu-sane

SYNONYMS

dvadasa vatsara -- for twelve years; aiche dasa -- such a condition;

ratri-dine -- day and night; krsna-rasa -- transcendental bliss and

mellows in connection with Krsna; asvadaye -- He tastes; dui-bandhu-sane

-- with two friends, namely Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.

TRANSLATION

For twelve years, Sri Caitanya remained in that state day and

night. With His two friends, He tasted the meaning of those verses,

which consist of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of

Krsna consciousness.

Antya 20.70

TEXT 70

TEXT

sei saba lila-rasa apane ananta

sahasra-vadane varni' nahi pa'na anta

SYNONYMS

sei saba -- all these; lila-rasa -- transcendental mellows of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes; apane -- personally; ananta -- the

Personality of Godhead Ananta; sahasra-vadane -- with His thousands of

faces; varni' -- describing; nahi -- not; pa'na -- gets; anta -- the

limit.

TRANSLATION

Even Anantadeva, who has thousands of faces, could not reach the end of

describing the transcendental bliss of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's

pastimes.

Antya 20.71

TEXT 71

TEXT

jiva ksudra-buddhi kon taha pare varnite?

tara eka kana sparsi apana sodhite

SYNONYMS

jiva -- living being; ksudra-buddhi -- limited intelligence; kon -- who;

taha -- that; pare -- is able; varnite -- to write; tara -- of that; eka

kana -- one particle; sparsi -- I touch; apana sodhite -- to correct

myself.

TRANSLATION

How, then, could an ordinary living being with very little intelligence

describe such pastimes? Nevertheless, I am trying to touch but a

particle of them just to rectify my own self.

Antya 20.72

TEXT 72

TEXT

yata cesta, yata pralapa, -- nahi paravara

sei saba varnite grantha haya suvistara

SYNONYMS

yata cesta -- all activities; yata pralapa -- all crazy talking; nahi

paravara -- there was no limit; sei saba -- all of them; varnite -- to

describe; grantha -- the book; haya -- would be; su-vistara -- very

voluminous.

TRANSLATION

There is no limit to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's activities and His words

of madness. Therefore describing them all would greatly increase the

size of this book.

Antya 20.73

TEXT 73

TEXT

vrndavana-dasa prathama ye lila varnila

sei-saba lilara ami sutra-matra kaila

SYNONYMS

vrndavana-dasa -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura; prathama -- at first; ye --

whatever; lila -- pastimes; varnila -- described; sei-saba -- all of

those; lilara -- of the pastimes; ami -- I; sutra-matra kaila --

prepared only the synopsis.

TRANSLATION

Whatever pastimes Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has first described I

have merely summarized.

Antya 20.74

TEXT 74

TEXT

tanra tyakta 'avasesa' sanksepe kahila

lilara bahulye grantha tathapi badila

SYNONYMS

tanra -- his; tyakta -- left out; avesesa -- remainders; sanksepe kahila

-- I have described very briefly; lilara bahulye -- because of the

numerousness of the pastimes; grantha -- this book; tathapi -- still;

badila -- has increased.

TRANSLATION

I have only very briefly described the pastimes of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu not described by Vrndavana dasa Thakura. Nevertheless,

because those transcendental pastimes are so numerous, the size of this

book has increased.

Antya 20.75

TEXT 75

TEXT

ataeva sei-saba lila na pari varnibare

samapti karilun lilake kari' namaskare

SYNONYMS

ataeva -- therefore; sei-saba -- all those; lila -- pastimes; na pari --

I am not able; varnibare -- to narrate; samapti karilun -- now I have

finished; lilake -- to the pastimes; kari' namaskare -- offering my

respectful obeisances.

TRANSLATION

It is impossible to describe all the pastimes elaborately. I shall

therefore end this description and offer them my respectful obeisances.

Antya 20.76

TEXT 76

TEXT

ye kichu kahilun ei dig-darasana

ei anusare habe tara asvadana

SYNONYMS

ye kichu -- whatever; kahilun -- I have said; ei -- this; dik-darasana --

just to make an indication; ei anusare -- in this way; habe -- there

will be; tara -- of that; asvadana -- tasting.

TRANSLATION

What I have described gives merely an indication, but by following this

indication one may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu.

Antya 20.77

TEXT 77

TEXT

prabhura gambhira-lila na pari bujhite

buddhi-pravesa nahi tate, na pari varnite

SYNONYMS

prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gambhira -- deep; lila -- the

pastimes; na pari -- I am not able; bujhite -- to understand; buddhi-

pravesa nahi -- my intelligence cannot penetrate; tate -- because of

this; na pari -- I am not able; varnite -- to describe properly.

TRANSLATION

I cannot understand the very deep, meaningful pastimes of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu. My intelligence cannot penetrate them, and therefore I could

not properly describe them.

Antya 20.78

TEXT 78

TEXT

saba srota vaisnavera vandiya carana

caitanya-caritra-varnana kailun samapana

SYNONYMS

saba srota -- all readers; vaisnavera -- of the Vaisnavas; vandiya

carana -- offering respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet; caitanya-

caritra -- of the characteristics of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; varnana --

description; kailun -- I have done; samapana -- finishing.

TRANSLATION

After offering my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of all my

Vaisnava readers, I shall therefore end this description of the

characteristics of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Antya 20.79

TEXT 79

TEXT

akasa -- ananta, tate yaiche paksi-gana

yara yata sakti, tata kare arohana

SYNONYMS

akasa -- the sky; ananta -- unlimited; tate -- in that sky; yaiche --

just as; paksi-gana -- all types of birds; yara -- of someone; yata

sakti -- whatever power; tata -- that much; kare arohana -- rises up and

up.

TRANSLATION

The sky is unlimited, but many birds fly higher and higher according to

their own abilities.

Antya 20.80

TEXT 80

TEXT

aiche mahaprabhura lila -- nahi ora-para

'jiva' hana keba samyak pare varnibara?

SYNONYMS

aiche -- similarly; mahaprabhura lila -- the pastimes of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; nahi ora-para -- there is no limit above or below; jiva hana

-- being an ordinary living entity; keba -- who; samyak -- fully; pare --

is able; varnibara -- to describe.

TRANSLATION

The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are like the unlimited sky. How,

then, can an ordinary living being describe them all?

Antya 20.81

TEXT 81

TEXT

yavat buddhira gati, tateka varnilun

samudrera madhye yena eka kana chunilun

SYNONYMS

yavat -- as far; buddhira gati -- the limit of my intelligence; tateka --

that far; varnilun -- I have described; samudrera madhye -- in the

midst of the great ocean; yena -- just like; eka kana -- one particle;

chunilun -- I have touched.

TRANSLATION

I have tried to describe them as far as my intelligence allows, as if

trying to touch a drop in the midst of a great ocean.

Antya 20.82

TEXT 82

TEXT

nityananda-krpa-patra -- vrndavana-dasa

caitanya-lilaya tenho hayena 'adi-vyasa'

SYNONYMS

nityananda -- of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; krpa-patra -- the favorite

devotee; vrndavana-dasa -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura; caitanya-lilaya -- in

the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tenho -- He; hayena -- is; adi-

vyasa -- the original Vyasadeva.

TRANSLATION

Vrndavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda's favorite devotee, and

therefore he is the original Vyasadeva in describing the pastimes of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

PURPORT

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that all writers after

Vrndavana dasa Thakura who are pure devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

and who have tried to describe the Lord's activities are to be

considered like Vyasa. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura is the original

Vyasadeva in describing caitanya-lila, and all others who follow in his

footsteps by describing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes are also to

be called Vyasadeva. The bona fide spiritual master is called Vyasa

because he is a representative of Vyasa. Worshiping the birthday of such

a spiritual master is called Vyasa-puja.

Antya 20.83

TEXT 83

TEXT

tanra age yadyapi saba lilara bhandara

tathapi alpa varniya chadilena ara

SYNONYMS

tanra age -- before him; yadyapi -- although; saba -- all; lilara -- of

the pastimes; bhandara -- full store; tathapi -- still; alpa -- very

little; varniya -- describing; chadilena -- he left; ara -- the others.

TRANSLATION

Although Vrndavana dasa Thakura has within his jurisdiction the full

store of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes, he has left aside most of

them and described but a small portion.

Antya 20.84

TEXT 84

TEXT

ye kichu varnilun, seha sanksepa kariya

likhite na parena, tabu rakhiyachena likhiya

SYNONYMS

ye kichu varnilun -- whatever I have described; seha -- them; sanksepa --

briefly; kariya -- doing; likhite na parena -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura

was not able to describe; tabu -- still; rakhiyachena -- has kept;

likhiya -- recording in writing.

TRANSLATION

What I have described was left aside by Vrndavana dasa Thakura, but

although he could not describe these pastimes, he gave us a synopsis.

Antya 20.85

TEXT 85

TEXT

caitanya-mangale tenho likhiyache sthane-sthane

sei vacana suna, sei parama-pramane

SYNONYMS

caitanya-mangale -- in the book named Caitanya-mangala; tenho --

Vrndavana dasa Thakura; likhiyache -- has written; sthane-sthane -- in

several places; sei vacana suna -- please hear those statements; sei

parama-pramane -- that is the foremost proof.

TRANSLATION

In his book named Caitanya-mangala [Caitanya-bhagavata], he has

described these pastimes in many places. I request my readers to hear

that book, for that is the best evidence.

Antya 20.86

TEXT 86

TEXT

sanksepe kahilun, vistara na yaya kathane

vistariya veda-vyasa kariba varnane

SYNONYMS

sanksepe kahilun -- I have described very briefly; vistara na yaya

kathane -- it is not possible to describe them in full; vistariya --

elaborating; veda-vyasa -- a representative of Vyasadeva; kariba -- will

do; varnane -- describing.

TRANSLATION

I have described the pastimes very briefly, for it is impossible for me

to describe them in full. In the future, however, Vedavyasa will

describe them elaborately.

Antya 20.87

TEXT 87

TEXT

caitanya-mangale iha likhiyache sthane-sthane

satya kahena, -- 'age vyasa kariba varnane'

SYNONYMS

caitanya-mangale -- in the book named Caitanya-mangala

; iha -- this statement; likhiyache -- has written;

sthane-sthane -- in many places; satya -- the truth; kahena -- he says;

age -- in the future; vyasa kariba varnane -- Vyasadeva will describe

them more elaborately.

TRANSLATION

In Caitanya-mangala, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has stated in many

places the factual truth that in the future Vyasadeva will describe them

elaborately.

PURPORT

The statement age vyasa kariba varnane is similar to a text in the

Caitanya-bhagavata (First Chapter, text 180) in which Vrndavana dasa

Thakura says:

sesa-khande caitanyera ananta vilasa

vistariya varnite achena veda-vyasa

"The unlimited pastimes of Sri Caitanya will be described by

Vyasadeva in the future." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says

that these statements indicate that in the future, other representatives

of Vyasadeva will elaborately describe Lord Caitanya's pastimes. The

purport is that any pure devotee in the disciplic succession who

describes the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is confirmed to be a

representative of Vyasadeva.

Antya 20.88

TEXT 88

TEXT

caitanya-lilamrta-sindhu -- dugdhabdhi-samana

trsnanurupa jhari bhari' tenho kaila pana

SYNONYMS

caitanya-lila-amrta-sindhu -- the ocean of nectarean pastimes of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dugdha-abdhi-samana -- exactly like the ocean of

milk; trsna-anurupa -- according to one's thirst; jhari -- the pitcher;

bhari' -- filling; tenho -- he; kaila pana -- drank.

TRANSLATION

The ocean of nectarean pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like the

ocean of milk. According to his thirst, Vrndavana dasa Thakura filled

his pitcher and drank from that ocean.

Antya 20.89

TEXT 89

TEXT

tanra jhari-sesamrta kichu more dila

tateke bharila peta, trsna mora gela

SYNONYMS

tanra jhari-sesa-amrta -- the remnants of the milk of Vrndavana dasa

Thakura's pitcher; kichu -- some; more dila -- has given to me; tateke --

by those remnants; bharila peta -- my abdomen is filled; trsna mora

gela -- now my thirst has gone.

TRANSLATION

Whatever remnants of milk Vrndavana dasa Thakura has given me are

sufficient to fill my belly. Now my thirst is completely satiated.

Antya 20.90-91

TEXTS 90-91

TEXT

ami -- ati-ksudra jiva, paksi ranga-tuni

se yaiche trsnaya piye samudrera pani

taiche ami eka kana chunilun lilara

ei drstante janiha prabhura lilara vistara

SYNONYMS

ami -- I; ati-ksudra jiva -- a very insignificant living being; paksi

ranga-tuni -- just like a little bird with a red beak; se -- he; yaiche -

- just as; trsnaya -- in thirst; piye -- drinks; samudrera pani -- the

water of the sea; taiche -- in the same way; ami -- I; eka kana -- one

small particle; chunilun -- touched; lilara -- of the pastimes of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ei drstante -- by this example; janiha -- all of

you know; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lilara vistara --

expansion of the pastimes.

TRANSLATION

I am a very insignificant living being, like a small red-beaked bird.

Just as such a bird drinks the water of the sea to quench its thirst, so

I have touched only a drop of the ocean of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's

pastimes. From this example, you may all understand how expansive are

the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

Antya 20.92

TEXT 92

TEXT

'ami likhi', -- eha mithya kari anumana

amara sarira kastha-putali-samana

SYNONYMS

ami likhi -- I write; eha mithya -- this is false; kari anumana -- I can

infer; amara sarira -- my body; kastha-putali-samana -- is exactly like

a wooden doll.

TRANSLATION

I infer that "I have written" is a false understanding, for my body is

like a wooden doll.

Antya 20.93

TEXT 93

TEXT

vrddha jaratura ami andha, badhira

hasta hale, manobuddhi nahe mora sthira

SYNONYMS

vrddha -- an old man; jara-atura -- troubled by invalidity; ami -- I;

andha -- blind; badhira -- deaf; hasta hale -- my hands tremble; manah-

buddhi -- mind and intelligence; nahe -- not; mora -- my; sthira --

steady.

TRANSLATION

I am old and troubled by invalidity. I am almost blind and deaf, my

hands tremble, and my mind and intelligence are unsteady.

Antya 20.94

TEXT 94

TEXT

nana-roga-grasta, -- calite vasite na pari

panca-roga-pida-vyakula, ratri-dine mari

SYNONYMS

nana-roga-grasta -- affected by so many diseases; calite -- to walk;

vasite -- to sit down; na pari -- I am not properly able; panca-roga-

pida-vyakula -- always disturbed by five kinds of disease; ratri-dine --

day or night; mari -- I can die any time.

TRANSLATION

I am infected by so many diseases that I can neither properly walk nor

properly sit. Indeed, I am always exhausted by five kinds of disease. I

may die at any time of the day or night.

Antya 20.95

TEXT 95

TEXT

purve granthe iha kariyachi nivedana

tathapi likhiye, suna ihara karana

SYNONYMS

purve -- previously; granthe -- in the book; iha -- this; kariyachi

nivedana -- I have submitted to the readers; tathapi -- still; likhiye --

I write; suna -- please hear; ihara karana -- the reason for this.

TRANSLATION

I have previously given an account of my inabilities. Please hear the

reason why I nevertheless still write.

Antya 20.96-98

TEXTS 96-98

TEXT

sri-govinda, sri-caitanya, sri-nityananda

sri-advaita, sri-bhakta, ara sri-srotr-vrnda

sri-svarupa, sri-rupa, sri-sanatana

sri-raghunatha-dasa sri-guru, sri-jiva-carana

inha-sabara carana-krpaya lekhaya amare

ara eka haya, -- tenho ati-krpa kare

SYNONYMS

sri-govinda -- Sri Govindadeva; sri-caitanya -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

sri-nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; sri-advaita -- Advaita Acarya; sri-

bhakta -- other devotees; ara -- also; sri-srotr-vrnda -- the readers of

this book; sri-svarupa -- Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; sri-rupa -- Sri Rupa

Gosvami; sri-sanatana -- Sri Sanatana Gosvami; sri-raghunatha-dasa --

Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; sri-guru -- my spiritual master; sri-jiva-

carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Jiva Gosvami; inha sabara -- of all of

them; carana-krpaya -- by the mercy of the lotus feet; lekhaya -- causes

to write; amare -- me; ara eka -- another one; haya -- there is; tenho --

He; ati-krpa kare -- shows me very great favor.

TRANSLATION

I am writing this book by the mercy of the lotus feet of Sri Govindadeva,

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Nityananda, Advaita Acarya, other

devotees and the readers of this book, as well as Svarupa Damodara

Gosvami, Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami, who is my spiritual master, and Sri Jiva Gosvami. I have also

been specifically favored by another Supreme Personality.

Antya 20.99

TEXT 99

TEXT

sri-madana-gopala more lekhaya ajna kari'

kahite na yuyaya, tabu rahite na pari

SYNONYMS

sri-madana-gopala -- the Madana-mohana Deity of Vrndavana; more -- me;

lekhaya -- causes to write; ajna kari' -- by giving the order; kahite --

to say; na yuyaya -- is not befitting; tabu -- still; rahite -- to

remain silent; na pari -- I am not able.

TRANSLATION

Sri Madana-mohana Deity of Vrndavana has given the order that is making

me write. Although this should not be disclosed, I disclose it because I

am unable to remain silent.

Antya 20.100

TEXT 100

TEXT

na kahile haya mora krta-ghnata-dosa

dambha kari bali' srota, na kariha rosa

SYNONYMS

na kahile -- if I do not say; haya -- there is; mora -- my; krta-ghnata-

dosa -- fault of ingratitude; dambha kari -- I am proud; bali' -- taking

as; srota -- O readers; na kariha rosa -- do not be angry.

TRANSLATION

If I did not disclose this fact, I would be guilty of ingratitude to the

Lord. Therefore, my dear readers, please do not consider me too proud

and be angry at me.

Antya 20.101

TEXT 101

TEXT

toma-sabara carana-dhuli karinu vandana

tate caitanya-lila haila ye kichu likhana

SYNONYMS

toma-sabara -- of all of you; carana-dhuli -- the dust of the feet;

karinu vandana -- I have prayed to; tate -- for that reason; caitanya-

lila -- the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila -- there was;

ye -- whatever; kichu -- some; likhana -- writing.

TRANSLATION

It is because I have offered my prayers unto the lotus feet of all of

you that whatever I have written about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has been

possible.

Antya 20.102

TEXT 102

TEXT

ebe antya-lila-ganera kari anuvada

'anuvada' kaile pai lilara 'asvada'

SYNONYMS

ebe -- now; antya-lila-ganera kari anuvada -- I beg to repeat all the

facts of this Antya-lila; anuvada kaile -- if it is repeated; pai -- I

get; lilara -- of the pastime; asvada -- taste.

TRANSLATION

Now let me repeat all the pastimes of the Antya-lila, for if I do so I

shall taste the pastimes again.

Antya 20.103

TEXT 103

TEXT

prathama paricchede -- rupera dvitiya-milana

tara madhye dui-natakera vidhana-sravana

SYNONYMS

prathama paricchede -- in the First Chapter; rupera -- of Rupa Gosvami;

dvitiya-milana -- the second meeting with Lord Caitanya; tara madhye --

within that chapter; dui-natakera -- of the two dramas; vidhana-sravana -

- hearing of the process of writing.

TRANSLATION

The First Chapter describes how Rupa Gosvami met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

for the second time and how the Lord heard his two dramas [Vidagdha-

madhava and Lalita-madhava].

Antya 20.104

TEXT 104

TEXT

tara madhye sivananda-sange kukkura aila

prabhu tare krsna kahana mukta karila

SYNONYMS

tara madhye -- in that chapter; sivananda-sange -- with Sivananda Sena;

kukkura -- the dog; aila -- came; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

tare -- unto him (the dog); krsna kahana -- inducing to chant Krsna;

mukta karila -- liberated.

TRANSLATION

That chapter also describes the incident of Sivananda Sena's dog, who

was induced by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to chant the holy name of Krsna

and was thus liberated.

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dvitiye -- chota-haridase karaila siksana

tara madhye sivanandera ascarya darsana

SYNONYMS

dvitiye -- in the Second Chapter; chota-haridase -- Junior Haridasa;

karaila siksana -- He taught very strictly; tara madhye -- within that

chapter; sivanandera -- of Sivananda Sena; ascarya darsana -- the

wonderful vision.

TRANSLATION

In the Second Chapter the Lord instructively punished Junior

Haridasa. Also in that chapter is the wonderful vision

of Sivananda Sena.

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trtiye -- haridasera mahima pracanda

damodara-pandita kaila prabhure vakya-danda

SYNONYMS

trtiye -- in the Third Chapter; haridasera -- of Thakura Haridasa;

mahima pracanda -- very forceful glories; damodara-pandita -- Damodara

Pandita; kaila -- made; prabhure -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vakya-danda

-- impudence of chastising by words.

TRANSLATION

In the Third Chapter is a description of the forceful glories of

Haridasa Thakura. That chapter also mentions how Damodara Pandita spoke

words of criticism to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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prabhu 'nama' diya kaila brahmanda-mocana

haridasa karila namera mahima-sthapana

SYNONYMS

prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nama diya -- delivering the holy name;

kaila -- did; brahmanda-mocana -- the liberation of the universe;

haridasa -- Haridasa; karila -- did; namera -- of the holy name; mahima-

sthapana -- the establishment of the glories.

TRANSLATION

The Third Chapter also tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered

everyone by bestowing upon the universe the holy name of the Lord, and

it describes how Haridasa Thakura established the glories of the holy

name by his practical example.

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caturthe -- sri-sanatanera dvitiya-milana

deha-tyaga haite tanra karila raksana

SYNONYMS

caturthe -- in the Fourth Chapter; sri-sanatanera -- of Sanatana Gosvami;

dvitiya-milana -- visiting for the second time; deha-tyaga haite --

from committing suicide; tanra karila raksana -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

protected him.

TRANSLATION

The Fourth Chapter describes Sanatana Gosvami's second visit with Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu and how the Lord saved him from committing suicide.

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jyaistha-masera dhupe tanre kaila pariksana

sakti sancariya punah pathaila vrndavana

SYNONYMS

jyaistha-masera -- of the month of May-June; dhupe -- in the sunshine;

tanre -- him; kaila -- did; pariksana -- examining; sakti -- potency;

sancariya -- giving him; punah -- again; pathaila vrndavana -- sent back

to Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

The Fourth Chapter also tells how Sanatana Gosvami was tested in the

sunshine of Jyaistha [May and June] and was then empowered and sent back

to Vrndavana.

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pancame -- pradyumna-misre prabhu krpa karila

raya-dvara krsna-katha tanre sunaila

SYNONYMS

pancame -- in the Fifth Chapter; pradyumna-misre -- unto Pradyumna Misra;

prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa karila -- showed mercy; raya-

dvara -- with the help of Ramananda Raya; krsna-katha -- topics of Krsna;

tanre sunaila -- made him hear.

TRANSLATION

In the Fifth Chapter, the Lord showed His favor to Pradyumna

Misra and made him hear topics of Krsna from Ramananda Raya.

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tara madhye 'bangala'-kavira nataka-upeksana

svarupa-gosani kaila vigrahera mahima-sthapana

SYNONYMS

tara madhye -- within that chapter; bangala-kavira -- of a poet from

Bengal; nataka-upeksana -- the rejection of the drama; svarupa-gosani --

Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; kaila -- did; vigrahera -- of the Deity;

mahima-sthapana -- the establishment of the glories.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter, Svarupa Damodara Gosvami rejected the

drama of a poet from Bengal and established the glories of the Deity.

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sasthe -- raghunatha-dasa prabhure milila

nityananda-ajnaya cida-mahotsava kaila

SYNONYMS

sasthe -- in the Sixth Chapter; raghunatha-dasa -- Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami; prabhure milila -- met Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nityananda-

ajnaya -- by the order of Nityananda Prabhu; cida-mahotsava kaila --

performed the festival of chipped rice.

TRANSLATION

The Sixth Chapter describes how Raghunatha dasa Gosvami met Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu and performed the chipped rice festival in accordance with

Nityananda Prabhu's order.

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damodara-svarupa-thani tanre samarpila

'govardhana-sila', 'gunja-mala' tanre dila

SYNONYMS

damodara-svarupa-thani -- to the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; tanre

samarpila -- the Lord entrusted him; govardhana-sila -- the stone from

Govardhana Hill; gunja-mala -- the garland of small conchshells; tanre

dila -- delivered to him.

TRANSLATION

The Lord entrusted Raghunatha dasa Gosvami

to the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and gave Raghunatha dasa the

gift of a stone from Govardhana Hill and a garland of small conchshells.

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saptama-paricchede -- vallabha bhattera milana

nana-mate kaila tanra garva khandana

SYNONYMS

saptama-paricchede -- in the Seventh Chapter; vallabha bhattera milana --

the meeting of Vallabha Bhatta with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nana-mate -

- in various ways; kaila -- did; tanra -- his; garva -- pride; khandana -

- dismantling.

TRANSLATION

The Seventh Chapter tells how Sri Caitanya met Vallabha

Bhatta and dismantled his false pride in various ways.

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astame -- ramacandra-purira agamana

tanra bhaye kaila prabhu bhiksa sankocana

SYNONYMS

astame -- in the Eighth Chapter; ramacandra-purira agamana -- the

arrival of Ramacandra Puri; tanra bhaye -- because of fear of him; kaila

-- did; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa sankocana --

minimizing His eating.

TRANSLATION

The Eighth Chapter describes the arrival of Ramacandra Puri and how Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu minimized His eating due to fear of him.

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TEXT

navame -- gopinatha-pattanayaka-mocana

trijagatera loka prabhura paila darasana

SYNONYMS

navame -- in the Ninth Chapter; gopinatha-pattanayaka-mocana -- the

deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka, the brother of Ramananda Raya; tri-

jagatera -- of the three worlds; loka -- the people in general; prabhura

-- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; paila darasana -- got the audience.

TRANSLATION

In the Ninth Chapter is a description of how Gopinatha Pattanayaka was

delivered and how the people of the three worlds were able to see Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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dasame -- kahilun bhakta-datta-asvadana

raghava-panditera tahan jhalira sajana

SYNONYMS

dasame -- in the Tenth Chapter; kahilun -- I have described; bhakta-

datta-asvadana -- the tasting of the food given by the devotees; raghava-

panditera -- of Raghava Pandita; tahan -- therein; jhalira sajana -- the

assortment in the bags.

TRANSLATION

In the Tenth Chapter I have described how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu tasted

the food given by His devotees, and I have also described the

assortments in the bags of Raghava Pandita.

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tara madhye govindera kaila pariksana

tara madhye parimunda-nrtyera varnana

SYNONYMS

tara madhye -- within that chapter; govindera -- of Govinda, His

personal assistant; kaila -- did; pariksana -- testing; tara madhye --

in that chapter; parimunda-nrtyera varnana -- description of Lord

Caitanya Mahaprabhu's dancing in the temple.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter is a description of how the Lord examined Govinda

and how He danced in the temple.

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ekadase -- haridasa-thakurera niryana

bhakta-vatsalya yahan dekhaila gaura bhagavan

SYNONYMS

ekadase -- in the Eleventh Chapter; haridasa-thakurera niryana -- the

disappearance of Srila Haridasa Thakura; bhakta-vatsalya -- affection

for the devotee; yahan -- wherein; dekhaila -- exhibited; gaura

bhagavan -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

TRANSLATION

The Eleventh Chapter describes the disappearance of Haridasa Thakura and

how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, showed

His affection for His devotees.

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dvadase -- jagadanandera taila-bhanjana

nityananda kaila sivanandere tadana

SYNONYMS

dvadase -- in the Twelfth Chapter; jagadanandera -- of Jagadananda

Pandita; taila-bhanjana -- breaking the oil pot; nityananda -- Lord

Nityananda; kaila -- performed; sivanandere tadana -- the chastisement

of Sivananda Sena.

TRANSLATION

In the Twelfth Chapter are descriptions of how Jagadananda Pandita broke

a pot of oil and how Lord Nityananda chastised Sivananda Sena.

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TEXT

trayodase -- jagadananda mathura yai' aila

mahaprabhu deva-dasira gita sunila

SYNONYMS

trayodase -- in the Thirteenth Chapter; jagadananda -- Jagadananda

Pandita; mathura yai' -- going to Mathura; aila -- returned; mahaprabhu -

- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; deva-dasira -- of the deva-dasi dancing girl;

gita sunila -- heard the song.

TRANSLATION

In the Thirteenth Chapter, Jagadananda Pandita went to Mathura

and returned, and Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chance heard a song

sung by a deva-dasi dancing girl.

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raghunatha-bhattacaryera tahani milana

prabhu tanre krpa kari' pathaila vrndavana

SYNONYMS

raghunatha-bhattacaryera -- of Raghunatha Bhatta; tahani -- there;

milana -- meeting; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre -- to him;

krpa kari' -- showing causeless mercy; pathaila vrndavana -- sent to

Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

Also in the Thirteenth Chapter, Raghunatha Bhatta

met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who by His causeless mercy sent him to

Vrndavana.

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caturdase -- divyonmada-arambha varnana

'sarira' etha prabhura, 'mana' gela vrndavana

SYNONYMS

caturdase -- in the Fourteenth Chapter; divya-unmada-arambha -- the

beginning of the spiritual trance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; varnana --

describing; sarira -- the body; etha -- here; prabhura -- of Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- the mind; gela -- went; vrndavana -- to

Vrndavana.

TRANSLATION

The Fourteenth Chapter describes the beginning of the Lord's spiritual

trance, in which His body was at Jagannatha Puri but His mind was in

Vrndavana.

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tara madhye prabhura simha-dvare patana

asthi-sandhi-tyaga, anubhavera udgama

SYNONYMS

tara madhye -- in that chapter; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

simha-dvare patana -- falling down by the Simha-dvara gate; asthi-sandhi

-- of the joints of the bones; tyaga -- release; anubhavera udgama --

the awakening of a trance and emotion.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter is a description of how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

fell down in front of the Simha-dvara gate of Jagannatha temple, His

bones separated at the joints, and how various transcendental symptoms

awakened.

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cataka-parvata dekhi' prabhura dhavana

tara madhye prabhura kichu pralapa-varnana

SYNONYMS

cataka-parvata -- the hill known as Cataka-parvata; dekhi' -- seeing;

prabhura dhavana -- the running of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tara madhye -

- in that chapter; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kichu -- some;

pralapa varnana -- talking like a madman.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter there is a description of how Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu ran toward Cataka-parvata and spoke like a madman.

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pancadasa-paricchede -- udyana-vilase

vrndavana-bhrame yahan karila pravese

SYNONYMS

pancadasa-paricchede -- in the Fifteenth Chapter; udyana-vilase -- in

His pastimes within the garden; vrndavana-bhrame -- His taking the

garden to be Vrndavana; yahan -- where; karila pravese -- He entered.

TRANSLATION

In the Fifteenth Chapter is a description of how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

entered a garden on the shore of the sea, mistaking the garden

for Vrndavana.

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tara madhye prabhura pancendriya-akarsana

tara madhye karila rase krsna-anvesana

SYNONYMS

tara madhye -- within that; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

panca-indriya-akarsana -- the attraction of the five senses; tara madhye

-- within that chapter; karila -- did; rase -- in the rasa dance; krsna-

anvesana -- searching for Krsna.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter is a description of the attraction of Lord Caitanya'

s five senses to Krsna and how He searched for Krsna in the rasa dance.

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sodase -- kalidase prabhu krpa karila

vaisnavocchista khaibara phala dekhaila

SYNONYMS

sodase -- in the Sixteenth Chapter; kali-dase -- unto Kalidasa;

prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa karila -- showed favor; vaisnava-

ucchista khaibara -- of eating the remnants of food left by Vaisnavas;

phala dekhaila -- showed the result.

TRANSLATION

The Sixteenth Chapter tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed His mercy

to Kalidasa and thus demonstrated the result of eating the remnants of

the food of Vaisnavas.

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sivanandera balake sloka karaila

simha-dvare dvari prabhure krsna dekhaila

SYNONYMS

sivanandera -- of Sivananda Sena; balake -- the son; sloka karaila --

made to compose a verse; simha-dvare -- at the Simha-dvara gate of the

Jagannatha temple; dvari -- the doorkeeper; prabhure -- unto Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna dekhaila -- showed Lord Krsna.

TRANSLATION

It also describes how Sivananda's son composed a verse and how the

doorkeeper of the Simha-dvara showed Krsna to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.

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maha-prasadera tahan mahima varnila

krsnadharamrtera phala-sloka asvadila

SYNONYMS

maha-prasadera -- of the remnants of the food of the Lord, maha-prasada;

tahan -- there; mahima -- the glories; varnila -- described; krsna-

adhara-amrtera -- of the nectar from the lips of Krsna; phala-sloka --

the verse mentioning the result; asvadila -- tasted.

TRANSLATION

Also in that chapter, the glories of maha-prasada are explained, and a

verse is tasted describing the effect of nectar from the lips of Krsna.

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saptadase -- gabhi-madhye prabhura patana

kurmakara-anubhavera tahani udgama

SYNONYMS

saptadase -- in the Seventeenth Chapter; gabhi-madhye -- among the cows;

prabhura patana -- the falling down of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kurma-

akara-anubhavera -- of ecstatic emotion in the form of a tortoise;

tahani -- there; udgama -- awakening.

TRANSLATION

In the Seventeenth Chapter, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu fell

among the cows and assumed the form of a tortoise as His ecstatic

emotions awakened.

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krsnera sabda-gune prabhura mana akarsila

"ka stry anga te" slokera artha avese karila

SYNONYMS

krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; sabda-gune -- by the qualities of the sound;

prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- the mind; akarsila --

was attracted; ka stry anga te slokera -- of the verse beginning with

the words ka stry anga te; artha -- the meaning; avese -- in ecstasy;

karila -- described.

TRANSLATION

Also in the Seventeenth Chapter, the attributes of Krsna's sound

attracted the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who described in

ecstasy the meaning of the "ka stry anga te" verse.

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bhava-sabalye punah kaila pralapana

karnamrta-slokera artha kaila vivarana

SYNONYMS

bhava-sabalye -- from the aggregate of all ecstatic emotions; punah --

again; kaila pralapana -- He talked like a madman; karnamrta-slokera --

of a verse from Krsna-karnamrta; artha -- the meaning; kaila vivarana --

described in detail.

TRANSLATION

Due to

the conjunction of various ecstatic emotions, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

again began speaking like a madman and described in detail the meaning

of a verse from Krsna-karnamrta.

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astadasa paricchede -- samudre patana

krsna-gopi-jala-keli tahan darasana

SYNONYMS

astadasa paricchede -- in the Eighteenth Chapter; samudre patana -- the

Lord's falling into the ocean; krsna-gopi-jala-keli -- the water

pastimes of Krsna and the gopis; tahan darasana -- seeing there.

TRANSLATION

In the Eighteenth Chapter, the Lord fell into the

ocean, and in ecstasy He saw the pastimes of the water fight

between Krsna and the gopis.

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tahani dekhila krsnera vanya-bhojana

jaliya uthaila, prabhu aila sva-bhavana

SYNONYMS

tahani -- there; dekhila -- He saw; krsnera -- of Krsna; vanya-bhojana --

a picnic in the forest; jaliya -- a fisherman; uthaila -- caught Him;

prabhu -- the Lord; aila -- returned; sva-bhavana -- to His own

residence.

TRANSLATION

In that dream, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw Krsna's picnic in the forest.

As Lord Caitanya floated in the sea, a fisherman caught Him, and then

the Lord returned to His own residence.

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unavimse -- bhittye prabhura mukha-sangharsana

krsnera viraha-sphurti-pralapa-varnana

SYNONYMS

unavimse -- in the Nineteenth Chapter; bhittye -- on the walls; prabhura

mukha-sangharsana -- the rubbing of the face of the Lord; krsnera viraha-

sphurti -- the awakening of separation from Krsna; pralapa-varnana --

and talking like a crazy person.

TRANSLATION

In the Nineteenth Chapter is a description of how Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu rubbed His face against the walls and spoke like a madman

because of separation from Krsna.

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vasanta-rajanite puspodyane viharana

krsnera saurabhya-slokera artha-vivarana

SYNONYMS

vasanta-rajanite -- on a spring night; puspa-udyane -- in a flower

garden; viharana -- the wandering; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; saurabhya-

slokera -- of a verse about the bodily fragrance; artha-vivarana --

describing the meaning.

TRANSLATION

That chapter also describes Krsna's wandering in a garden on a spring

night, and it fully describes the meaning of a verse about the scent of

Krsna's body.

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vimsa-paricchede -- nija-'siksastaka' padiya

tara artha asvadila premavista hana

SYNONYMS

vimsa-paricchede -- in the Twentieth Chapter; nija-siksastaka padiya --

reciting His own Siksastaka verses; tara artha -- their meaning;

asvadila -- tasted; prema-avista hana -- being absorbed in ecstatic love.

TRANSLATION

In the Twentieth Chapter, Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited

His own eight stanzas of instruction and tasted their meaning in

ecstatic love.

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bhakte sikhaite yei siksastaka kahila

sei slokastakera artha punah asvadila

SYNONYMS

bhakte -- the devotees; sikhaite -- to teach; yei -- that which; siksa-

astaka -- eight instructions; kahila -- described; sei sloka-astakera --

of the same eight verses; artha -- the meaning; punah asvadila -- again

He tasted.

TRANSLATION

Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu composed those eight stanzas to instruct the

devotees, but He also personally tasted their meaning.

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mukhya-mukhya-lilara artha karilun kathana

'anuvada' haite smare grantha-vivarana

SYNONYMS

mukhya-mukhya-lilara -- of the chief pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu; artha -- the meaning; karilun -- have done; kathana --

describing; anuvada haite -- by repeating them again; smare -- one

remembers; grantha-vivarana -- the description in the book.

TRANSLATION

I have thus described the principal pastimes and their meaning, for by

such repetition one can remember the descriptions in the book.

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eka eka paricchedera katha -- aneka-prakara

mukhya-mukhya kahilun, katha na yaya vistara

SYNONYMS

eka eka paricchedera -- of every chapter; katha -- description; aneka-

prakara -- different varieties; mukhya-mukhya kahilun -- I have repeated

only the principal ones; katha -- discussions; na yaya -- not possible;

vistara -- expansion.

TRANSLATION

In every chapter there are various topics, but I have selected only

those that are principal, for not all of them could be described again.

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sri-radha-saha 'sri-madana-mohana'

sri-radha-saha 'sri-govinda'-carana

sri-radha-saha srila 'sri-gopinatha'

ei tina thakura haya 'gaudiyara natha'

SYNONYMS

sri-radha-saha -- with Srimati Radharani; sri-madana-mohana -- the Deity

Madana-mohanaji; sri-radha-saha -- with Srimati Radharani; sri-govinda-

carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Govindaji; sri-radha-saha -- with

Srimati Radharani; srila sri-gopinatha -- the all-beautiful and opulent

Gopinathaji; ei tina -- all these three; thakura -- Deities; haya -- are;

gaudiyara natha -- worshipable by all the Gaudiya Vaisnavas.

TRANSLATION

The Vrndavana Deities of Madana-mohana with Srimati Radharani, Govinda

with Srimati Radharani, and Gopinatha with Srimati Radharani are the

life and soul of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas.

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sri-krsna-caitanya, sri-yuta nityananda

sri-advaita-acarya, sri-gaura-bhakta-vrnda

sri-svarupa, sri-rupa, sri-sanatana

sri-guru sri-raghunatha, sri-jiva-carana

nija-sire dhari' ei sabara carana

yaha haite haya saba vanchita-purana

SYNONYMS

sri-krsna-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-yuta nityananda -

- Lord Nityananda; sri-advaita-acarya -- Sri Advaita Prabhu; sri-gaura-

bhakta-vrnda -- the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-svarupa --

Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; sri-rupa -- Sri Rupa Gosvami; sri-sanatana --

Srila Sanatana Gosvami; sri-guru -- the spiritual master; sri-raghunatha

-- Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; sri-jiva-carana -- the lotus feet of Srila

Jiva Gosvami; nija-sire dhari' -- catching on my head; ei sabara carana -

- the lotus feet of all of them; yaha haite -- by which action; haya --

there is; saba -- all; vanchita-purana -- the fulfilling of desires.

TRANSLATION

So that my desires may be fulfilled, I place the lotus feet of these

personalities on my head: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, with Lord

Nityananda, Advaita Acarya and Their devotees, as well as Sri Svarupa

Damodara Gosvami, Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha

dasa Gosvami, who is my spiritual master, and Srila Jiva Gosvami.

PURPORT

Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was the instructing spiritual master of

Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and has therefore been described as sri-guru.

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sabara carana-krpa -- 'guru upadhyayi'

mora vani -- sisya, tare bahuta nacai

SYNONYMS

sabara -- of all of them; carana-krpa -- the mercy of the lotus feet;

guru upadhyayi -- my teacher of Vedic instruction; mora vani -- my words;

sisya -- the disciples; tare -- them; bahuta nacai -- I made dance in

various ways.

TRANSLATION

The mercy of their lotus feet is my spiritual master, and my words are

my disciples that I have made dance in various ways.

PURPORT

Upadhyayi, or upadhyaya, refers to one who teaches when approached (

upetya adhiyate asmat). In the Manu-samhita it is said:

eka-desam tu vedasya

vedangany api va punah

yo 'dhyapayati vrtty-artham

upadhyayah sa ucyate

"One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary

to the Vedas may be called upadhyaya." Upadhyaya also refers to one who

teaches art.

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sisyara srama dekhi' guru nacana rakhila

'krpa' na nacaya, 'vani' vasiya rahila

SYNONYMS

sisyara -- of the disciples; srama -- the fatigue; dekhi' -- seeing;

guru -- the spiritual master; nacana rakhila -- stopped causing the

dancing; krpa -- mercy; na nacaya -- does not make dance; vani -- the

words; vasiya -- sitting down; rahila -- remain silent.

TRANSLATION

Seeing the fatigue of the disciples, the spiritual master has stopped

making them dance, and because that mercy no longer makes them dance, my

words now sit silently.

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anipuna vani apane nacite na jane

yata nacaila, naci' karila visrame

SYNONYMS

anipuna vani -- inexperienced words; apane -- by themselves; nacite --

to dance; na -- not; jane -- know how; yata -- whatever; nacaila --

caused to dance; naci' -- after dancing; karila visrame -- took rest.

TRANSLATION

My inexperienced words do not know how to dance by themselves. The mercy

of the guru made them dance as much as possible, and now, after dancing,

they have taken rest.

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saba srota-ganera kari carana vandana

yan-sabara carana-krpa -- subhera karana

SYNONYMS

saba -- all; srota-ganera -- of the readers; kari -- I do; carana

vandana -- worshiping the lotus feet; yan-sabara -- of all of whom;

carana-krpa -- the mercy of the lotus feet; subhera karana -- the cause

of all good fortune.

TRANSLATION

I now worship the lotus feet of all my readers, for by the mercy of

their lotus feet there is all good fortune.

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caitanya-caritamrta yei jana sune

tanra carana dhuna karon muni pane

SYNONYMS

caitanya-caritamrta -- the description of Lord Sri Caitanya's pastimes;

yei jana sune -- anyone who hears; tanra carana -- his lotus feet; dhuna

-- washing; karon -- do; muni -- I; pane -- drinking.

TRANSLATION

If one hears the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as described

in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, I wash his lotus feet and drink the water.

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srotara pada-renu karon mastaka-bhusana

tomara e-amrta pile saphala haila srama

SYNONYMS

srotara -- of the audience; pada-renu -- the dust of the lotus feet;

karon -- I make; mastaka-bhusana -- a decoration on my head; tomara --

all of you; e-amrta -- this nectar; pile -- have drunk; sa-phala --

successful; haila -- has become; srama -- my labor.

TRANSLATION

I decorate my head with the dust of the lotus feet of my audience. Now

you have all drunk this nectar, and therefore my labor is successful.

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sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa

caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa

SYNONYMS

sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa

Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation;

caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe --

describes; krsnadasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.

TRANSLATION

Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always

desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,

following in their footsteps.

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caritam amrtam etac chrila-caitanya-visnoh

subhadam asubhanasi sraddhayasvadayed yah

tad-amala-pada-padme bhrngatam etya so 'yam

rasayati rasam uccaih prema-madhvika-puram

SYNONYMS

caritam -- the character; amrtam -- nectarean; etat --

this; srila -- most opulent; caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu;

visnoh -- of He who is Lord Visnu Himself, the Supreme Personality of

Godhead; subhadam -- giving auspiciousness; asubhanasi --

destroying all inauspiciousness; sraddhaya -- with faith and love;

asvadayet -- should taste; yah -- anyone who; tat-amala-pada-padme -- at

the spotless lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhrngatam

etya -- becoming like a bumblebee; sah -- that person; ayam -- this;

rasayati -- tastes; rasam -- transcendental mellow; uccaih -- a large

quantity; prema-madhvika -- of the wine of ecstatic love; puram -- full.

TRANSLATION

Caitanya-caritamrta is filled with the activities of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. It

invokes all good fortune and destroys everything inauspicious. If one

tastes the nectar of Caitanya-caritamrta with faith and love, I

become like a bumblebee tasting the honey of transcendental love from

his lotus feet.

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sriman-madana-gopala-

govindadeva-tustaye

caitanyarpitam astv etac

caitanya-caritamrtam

SYNONYMS

srimat -- all-beautiful; madana-gopala -- of the Deity Madana-mohana

; govinda-deva -- of the Deity Sri Govindadeva in Vrndavana;

tustaye -- for the satisfaction; caitanya-arpitam -- offered to Sri

Caitanya Mahaprabhu; astu -- let it be; etat -- this book; caitanya-

caritamrtam -- containing the nectarean activities of Lord Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu.

TRANSLATION

Since this book, Caitanya-caritamrta, is now complete, having been

written for the satisfaction of the most opulent Deities Madana-mohanaji

and Govindaji, let it be offered at the lotus feet of Sri Krsna

Caitanyadeva.

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parimala-vasita-bhuvanam

svarasonmadita-rasajna-rolambam

giridhara-caranambhojam

kah khalu rasikah samihate hatum

SYNONYMS

parimala -- with the scent; vasita -- perfumed; bhuvanam -- the whole

world; sva-rasa-unmadita -- inspired by their own mellows; rasa-jna --

devotees; rolambam -- like bumblebees; giridhara-carana-ambhojam -- the

lotus feet of Lord Giridhari; kah -- who; khalu -- certainly; rasikah --

a realized soul; samihate hatum -- endeavors to give up.

TRANSLATION

Realized devotees are like bumblebees maddened by their own mellows at

Krsna's lotus feet. The scent of those lotus feet perfumes the entire

world. Who is the realized soul that could give them up?

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sake sindhv-agni-vanendau

jyaisthe vrndavanantare

suryahe 'sita-pancamyam

grantho 'yam purnatam gatah

SYNONYMS

sake -- in the Sakabda Era; sindhu-agni-vanendau -- in 1537;

jyaisthe -- in the month of Jyaistha (May-June); vrndavana-antare -- in

the forest of Vrndavana; surya-ahe -- on the day of the sun (Sunday);

asita-pancamyam -- on the fifth day of the dark fortnight; granthah --

book; ayam -- this (Caitanya-caritamrta); purnatam -- completion; gatah -

- achieved.

TRANSLATION

In Vrndavana in the year 1537, Sakabda Era, in the month of

Jyaistha [May-June], on Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon, this

Caitanya-caritamrta has been completed.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,

Antya-lila, Twentieth Chapter, describing the meaning of Siksastaka

and how the Lord tasted it Himself.

END OF THE ANTYA-LILA

Cc. 1975: Concluding Words

Concluding Words

Today, Sunday, November 10, 1974 -- corresponding to the 10th of

Karttika, Caitanya Era 488, the eleventh day of the dark fortnight, the

Rama-ekadasi -- we have now finished the English translation of Sri

Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in accordance with

the authorized order of His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura Gosvami Maharaja, my beloved eternal spiritual master, guide and

friend. Although according to material vision His Divine Grace Srila

Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada passed away from this

material world on the last day of December, 1936, I still consider His

Divine Grace to be always present with me by his vani, his words. There

are two ways of association -- by vani and by vapu. Vani means words,

and vapu means physical presence. Physical presence is sometimes

appreciable and sometimes not, but vani continues to exist eternally.

Therefore we must take advantage of the vani, not the physical presence.

Bhagavad-gita, for example, is the vani of Lord Krsna. Although

Krsna was personally present five thousand years ago and is no longer

physically present from the materialistic point of view, Bhagavad-

gita continues.

In this connection we may call to memory the time when I was fortunate

enough to meet His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, sometime in the year

1922. Srila Prabhupada had come to Calcutta from Sridhama Mayapur to

start the missionary activities of the Gaudiya Matha. He was sitting in

a house at Ulta Danga when through the inducement of an intimate friend,

the late Sriman Narendranatha Mallika, I had the opportunity to meet His

Divine Grace for the first time. I do not remember the actual date of

the meeting, but at that time I was one of the managers of Dr. Bose's

laboratory in Calcutta. I was a newly married young man, addicted to

Gandhi's movement and dressed in khadi. Fortunately, even at our first

meeting, His Divine Grace advised me to preach the cult of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu in English in the Western countries. Because at that time I

was a complete nationalist, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi's, I submitted

to His Divine Grace that unless our country were freed from foreign

subjugation, no one would hear the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

seriously. Of course, we had some argument on this subject, but at last

I was defeated and convinced that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message is

the only panacea for suffering humanity. I was also convinced that the

message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was then in the hands of a very

expert devotee and that surely the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

would spread all over the world. I could not, however, immediately take

up his instructions to preach, but I took his words very seriously and

was always thinking of how to execute his order, although I was quite

unfit to do so.

In this way I passed my life as a householder until 1950, when I retired

from family life as a vanaprastha. With no companion, I loitered here

and there until 1958, when I took sannyasa. Then I was completely ready

to discharge the order of my spiritual master. Previously, in 1936, just

before His Divine Grace passed away at Jagannatha Puri, I wrote him a

letter asking what I could do to serve him. In reply, he wrote me a

letter, dated 13 December 1936, ordering me, in the same way, to preach

in English the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as I had heard it from

him.

After he passed away, I started the fortnightly magazine Back to Godhead

sometime in 1944 and tried to spread the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

through this magazine. After I took sannyasa, a well-wishing friend

suggested that I write books instead of magazines. Magazines, he said,

might be thrown away, but books remain perpetually. Then I attempted to

write Srimad-Bhagavatam. Before that, when I was a householder, I had

written on Srimad Bhagavad-gita and had completed about eleven hundred

pages, but somehow or other the manuscript was stolen. In any case, when

I had published Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, in three volumes in

India, I thought of going to the U.S.A. By the mercy of His Divine Grace,

I was able to come to New York on September 17, 1965. Since then, I

have translated many books, including Srimad-Bhagavatam, Bhakti-

rasamrta-sindhu, Teachings of Lord Caitanya (a summary) and many others.

In the meantime, I was induced to translate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and

publish it in an elaborate version. In his leisure time in later life,

His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura would simply read

Caitanya-caritamrta. It was his favorite book. He used to say that there

would be a time when foreigners would learn the Bengali language to read

Caitanya-caritamrta. The work on this translation began about

eighteen months ago. Now, by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and

His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, it is finished. In

this connection I have to thank my American disciples, especially Sriman

Pradyumna dasa Adhikari, Sriman Nitai dasa Adhikari, Sriman Jayadvaita

dasa Brahmacari and many other boys and girls who are sincerely helping

me in writing, editing and publishing all these literatures.

I think that His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is

always seeing my activities and guiding me within my heart by his words.

As it is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye

. Spiritual inspiration comes from within the heart, wherein the

Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His Paramatma feature, is always

sitting with all His devotees and associates. It is to be admitted that

whatever translation work I have done is through the inspiration of my

spiritual master because personally I am most insignificant and

incompetent to do this materially impossible work. I do not think myself

a very learned scholar, but I have full faith in the service of my

spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati

Thakura. If there is any credit to my activities of translating, it is

all due to His Divine Grace. Certainly if His Divine Grace were

physically present at this time, it would have been a great occasion for

jubilation, but even though he is not physically present, I am confident

that he is very pleased by this work of translation. He was very

fond of seeing many books published to spread the Krsna consciousness

movement. Therefore our society, the International Society for Krishna

Consciousness, has formed to execute the order of Sri Caitanya

Mahaprabhu and His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.

It is my wish that devotees of Lord Caitanya all over the world enjoy

this translation, and I am glad to express my gratitude to the learned

men in the Western countries who are so pleased with my work that they

are ordering in advance all my books that will be published in the

future. On this occasion, therefore, I request my disciples who are

determined to help me in this work to continue their cooperation fully,

so that philosophers, scholars, religionists and people in general all

over the world will benefit by reading our transcendental literatures

such as Srimad-Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.

Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta,

dated November 10, 1974, at the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Hare Krsna

Land, Juhu, Bombay.

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Antya 20: The Siksastaka Prayers
 
Chapter 20: 
 
The Siksastaka Prayers
 
The following summary of the Twentieth Chapter is given by Srila 
Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Amrta-pravaha-bhasya. Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Siksastaka 
prayers in the company of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Ramananda Raya. 
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvami's Gita-govinda, from 
Srimad-Bhagavatam, from Sri Ramananda Raya's Jagannatha-vallabha-nataka 
or from Sri Bilvamangala Thakura's Krsna-karnamrta. In this way, He 
became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu lived at Jagannatha Puri, He relished the taste of reciting 
such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this 
mortal world for forty-eight years. After hinting about the 
Lord's disappearance, the author of the Caitanya-caritamrta gives a 
short description of the entire Antya-lila and then ends his book.
 
Antya 20.1
 
TEXT 1
 
TEXT
 
premodbhavita-harsersyod-
 vega-dainyarti-misritam
lapitam gauracandrasya
 bhagyavadbhir nisevyate
SYNONYMS
 
prema-udbhavita -- produced from ecstatic love and emotion; harsa -- 
jubilation; irsya -- envy; udvega -- agitation; dainya -- submissiveness;
 arti -- grief; misritam -- mixed with; lapitam -- talks like those of a 
crazy man; gaura-candrasya -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
bhagyavadbhih -- by the most fortunate; nisevyate -- is enjoyable.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Only the most fortunate will relish the mad words of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu, which were mixed with jubilation, envy, agitation, 
submissiveness and grief, all produced by ecstatic loving emotions.
 
Antya 20.2
 
TEXT 2
 
TEXT
 
jaya jaya gauracandra jaya nityananda
jayadvaita-candra jaya gaura-bhakta-vrnda
SYNONYMS
 
jaya jaya -- all glories; gauracandra -- to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu;
 jaya -- all glories; nityananda -- to Lord Nityananda Prabhu; jaya -- 
all glories; advaita-candra -- to Advaita Prabhu; jaya -- all glories; 
gaura-bhakta-vrnda -- to the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
All glories to Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu! All glories to Lord 
Nityananda! All glories to Advaitacandra! And all glories to all the 
devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu!
 
Antya 20.3
 
TEXT 3
 
TEXT
 
ei-mata mahaprabhu vaise nilacale
rajani-divase krsna-virahe vihvale
SYNONYMS
 
ei-mata -- in this way; mahaprabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vaise 
nilacale -- resided at Nilacala; rajani-divase -- day and night; krsna-
virahe -- because of separation from Krsna; vihvale -- overwhelmed.
 
TRANSLATION
 
While Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu thus resided at Jagannatha Puri [Nilacala],
 He was continuously overwhelmed, night and day, by separation from 
Krsna.
 
Antya 20.4
 
TEXT 4
 
TEXT
 
svarupa, ramananda, -- ei duijana-sane
ratri-dine rasa-gita-sloka asvadane
SYNONYMS
 
svarupa -- Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; ramananda -- Ramananda Raya; ei -- 
these; dui-jana-sane -- with two persons; ratri-dine -- night and day; 
rasa-gita-sloka -- verses and songs containing the mellows of 
transcendental bliss; asvadane -- in tasting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Day and night He tasted transcendental blissful songs and verses with 
two associates, namely Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and Ramananda Raya.
 
Antya 20.5
 
TEXT 5
 
TEXT
 
nana-bhava uthe prabhura harsa, soka, rosa
dainyodvega-arti utkantha, santosa
SYNONYMS
 
nana-bhava -- all kinds of emotion; uthe -- awaken; prabhura -- of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; harsa -- jubilation; soka -- lamentation; rosa -- 
anger; dainya -- humility; udvega -- anxiety; arti -- grief; utkantha -- 
more eagerness; santosa -- satisfaction.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He relished the symptoms of various transcendental emotions, such as 
jubilation, lamentation, anger, humility, anxiety, grief, eagerness and 
satisfaction.
 
Antya 20.6
 
TEXT 6
 
TEXT
 
sei sei bhave nija-sloka padiya
slokera artha asvadaye dui-bandhu lana
SYNONYMS
 
sei sei bhave -- in that particular emotion; nija-sloka padiya -- 
reciting His own verses; slokera -- of the verses; artha -- meaning; 
asvadaye -- tastes; dui-bandhu lana -- with two friends.
 
TRANSLATION
 
He would recite His own verses, expressing their meanings and emotions, 
and thus enjoy tasting them with these two friends.
 
Antya 20.7
 
TEXT 7
 
TEXT
 
kona dine kona bhave sloka-pathana
sei sloka asvadite ratri-jagarana
SYNONYMS
 
kona dine -- sometimes; kona bhave -- in some emotion; sloka-pathana -- 
reciting the verses; sei sloka -- those verses; asvadite -- to taste; 
ratri-jagarana -- keeping awake at night.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sometimes the Lord would be absorbed in a particular emotion and would 
stay awake all night reciting related verses and relishing their taste.
 
Antya 20.8
 
TEXT 8
 
TEXT
 
harse prabhu kahena, -- "suna svarupa-rama-raya
nama-sankirtana -- kalau parama upaya
SYNONYMS
 
harse -- in jubilation; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kahena -- 
says; suna -- please hear; svarupa-rama-raya -- My dear Svarupa Damodara 
Gosvami and Ramananda Raya; nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy name 
of the Lord; kalau -- in the Age of Kali; parama upaya -- the most 
feasible means for deliverance.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In great jubilation, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said, "My dear Svarupa 
Damodara and Ramananda Raya, know from Me that chanting the holy 
names is the most feasible means of salvation in this Age of Kali.
 
Antya 20.9
 
TEXT 9
 
TEXT
 
sankirtana-yajne kalau krsna-aradhana
sei ta' sumedha paya krsnera carana
SYNONYMS
 
sankirtana-yajne -- performing the yajna of chanting the Hare Krsna 
mantra; kalau -- in this Age of Kali; krsna-aradhana -- the process of 
worshiping Krsna; sei ta' -- such persons; su-medha -- greatly 
intelligent; paya -- get; krsnera carana -- shelter at the lotus feet of 
Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In this Age of Kali, the process of worshiping Krsna is to perform 
sacrifice by chanting the holy name of the Lord. One who does so is 
certainly very intelligent, and he attains shelter at the lotus feet of 
Krsna.
 
PURPORT
 
For further information, one may refer to Adi-lila, Chapter Three, 
texts 77–78
 
Antya 20.10
 
TEXT 10
 
TEXT
 
krsna-varnam tvisakrsnam
 sangopangastra-parsadam
yajnaih sankirtana-prayair
 yajanti hi su-medhasah
SYNONYMS
 
krsna-varnam -- repeating the syllables krs-na; tvisa -- with a luster; 
akrsnam -- not black (golden); sa-anga -- with associates; upanga -- 
servitors; astra -- weapons; parsadam -- confidential companions; 
yajnaih -- by sacrifice; sankirtana-prayaih -- consisting chiefly of 
congregational chanting; yajanti -- they worship; hi -- certainly; su-
medhasah -- intelligent persons.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘In the Age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational 
chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings the 
name of Krsna. Although His complexion is not blackish, He is Krsna 
Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, weapons and 
confidential companions.'
 
PURPORT
 
This verse is spoken by Saint Karabhajana in Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.5.32).
 For further information, see Adi-lila, Chapter Three, text 52.
 
Antya 20.11
 
TEXT 11
 
TEXT
 
nama-sankirtana haite sarvanartha-nasa
sarva-subhodaya, krsna-premera ullasa
SYNONYMS
 
nama-sankirtana -- chanting of the holy names of the Lord; haite -- from;
 sarva-anartha-nasa -- destruction of all undesirable things; sarva-
subha-udaya -- awakening of all good fortune; krsna-premera ullasa -- 
the beginning of the flow of love of Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Simply by chanting the holy name of Lord Krsna, one can be freed from 
all undesirable habits. This is the means of awakening all good fortune 
and initiating the flow of waves of love for Krsna.
 
Antya 20.12
 
TEXT 12
 
TEXT
 
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni-nirvapanam
 sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam
 sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate sri-krsna-sankirtanam
SYNONYMS
 
cetah -- of the heart; darpana -- the mirror; marjanam -- cleansing; 
bhava -- of material existence; maha-dava-agni -- the blazing forest 
fire; nirvapanam -- extinguishing; sreyah -- of good fortune; kairava -- 
the white lotus; candrika -- the moonshine; vitaranam -- spreading; 
vidya -- of all education; vadhu -- wife; jivanam -- the life; ananda -- 
of bliss; ambudhi -- the ocean; vardhanam -- increasing; prati-padam -- 
at every step; purna-amrta -- of the full nectar; asvadanam -- giving a 
taste; sarva -- for everyone; atma-snapanam -- bathing of the self; 
param -- transcendental; vijayate -- let there be victory; sri-krsna-
sankirtanam -- for the congregational chanting of the holy name of Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘Let there be all victory for the chanting of the holy name of Lord 
Krsna, which can cleanse the mirror of the heart and stop the miseries 
of the blazing fire of material existence. That chanting is the waxing 
moon that spreads the white lotus of good fortune for all living 
entities. It is the life and soul of all education. The chanting of the 
holy name of Krsna expands the blissful ocean of transcendental life. It 
gives a cooling effect to everyone and enables one to taste full nectar 
at every step.'
 
PURPORT
 
This is the first verse of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Siksastaka. The 
other seven verses are found in texts 16, 21, 29, 32, 36, 39 and 47.
 
Antya 20.13
 
TEXT 13
 
TEXT
 
sankirtana haite papa-samsara-nasana
citta-suddhi, sarva-bhakti-sadhana-udgama
SYNONYMS
 
sankirtana haite -- from the process of chanting the holy name; papa-
samsara-nasana -- annihilation of materialistic life resulting from sins;
 citta-suddhi -- cleansing of the heart; sarva-bhakti -- all kinds of 
devotional service; sadhana -- of the performances; udgama -- awakening.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"By performing congregational chanting of the Hare Krsna mantra, one can 
destroy the sinful condition of material existence, purify the unclean 
heart and awaken all varieties of devotional service.
 
Antya 20.14
 
TEXT 14
 
TEXT
 
krsna-premodgama, premamrta-asvadana
krsna-prapti, sevamrta-samudre majjana
SYNONYMS
 
krsna-prema-udgama -- awakening of love for Krsna; prema-amrta-asvadana -
- tasting of the transcendental bliss of love for Krsna; krsna-prapti -- 
attainment of the lotus feet of Krsna; seva-amrta -- of the nectar of 
service; samudre -- in the ocean; majjana -- immersing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"The result of chanting is that one awakens his love for Krsna and 
tastes transcendental bliss. Ultimately, one attains the association of 
Krsna and engages in His devotional service, as if immersing himself in 
a great ocean of love."
 
Antya 20.15
 
TEXT 15
 
TEXT
 
uthila visada, dainya, -- pade apana-sloka
yahara artha suni' saba yaya duhkha-soka
SYNONYMS
 
uthila visada -- there was awakening of lamentation; dainya -- humility; 
pade -- recites; apana-sloka -- His own verse; yahara -- of which; artha 
suni' -- hearing the meaning; saba -- all; yaya -- go away; duhkha-soka -
- unhappiness and lamentation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Lamentation and humility awoke within Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, and He 
began reciting another of His own verses. By hearing the meaning of that 
verse, one can forget all unhappiness and lamentation.
 
Antya 20.16
 
TEXT 16
 
TEXT
 
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis
 tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrsi tava krpa bhagavan mamapi
 durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah
SYNONYMS
 
namnam -- of the holy names of the Lord; akari -- manifested; bahudha -- 
various kinds; nija-sarva-saktih -- all kinds of personal potencies; 
tatra -- in that; arpita -- bestowed; niyamitah -- restricted; smarane --
 in remembering; na -- not; kalah -- consideration of time; etadrsi -- 
so much; tava -- Your; krpa -- mercy; bhagavan -- O Lord; mama -- My; 
api -- although; durdaivam -- misfortune; idrsam -- such; iha -- in this 
(the holy name); ajani -- was born; na -- not; anuragah -- attachment.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘My Lord, O Supreme Personality of Godhead, in Your holy name there is 
all good fortune for the living entity, and therefore You have many 
names, such as "Krsna" and "Govinda," by which You expand Yourself. You 
have invested all Your potencies in those names, and there are no hard 
and fast rules for remembering them. My dear Lord, although You bestow 
such mercy upon the fallen, conditioned souls by liberally teaching Your 
holy names, I am so unfortunate that I commit offenses while chanting 
the holy name, and therefore I do not achieve attachment for chanting.'
 
Antya 20.17
 
TEXT 17
 
TEXT
 
aneka-lokera vancha -- aneka-prakara
krpate karila aneka-namera pracara
SYNONYMS
 
aneka-lokera -- of many persons; vancha -- the desires; aneka-prakara -- 
of many varieties; krpate -- by Your mercy; karila -- You have done; 
aneka -- various; namera -- of the holy names; pracara -- broadcasting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Because people vary in their desires, You have distributed various holy 
names by Your mercy.
 
Antya 20.18
 
TEXT 18
 
TEXT
 
khaite suite yatha tatha nama laya
kala-desa-niyama nahi, sarva siddhi haya
SYNONYMS
 
khaite -- eating; suite -- lying down; yatha -- as; tatha -- so; nama 
laya -- one takes the holy name; kala -- in time; desa -- in place; 
niyama -- regulation; nahi -- there is not; sarva siddhi haya -- there 
is all perfection.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Regardless of time or place, one who chants the holy name, even while 
eating or sleeping, attains all perfection.
 
Antya 20.19
 
TEXT 19
 
TEXT
 
"sarva-sakti name dila kariya vibhaga
amara durdaiva, -- name nahi anuraga!!"
SYNONYMS
 
sarva-sakti -- all potencies; name -- in the holy name; dila -- You have 
bestowed; kariya vibhaga -- making separation; amara durdaiva -- My 
misfortune; name -- for chanting the holy names; nahi -- there is not; 
anuraga -- attachment.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"You have invested Your full potencies in each individual holy name, but 
I am so unfortunate that I have no attachment for chanting Your holy 
names."
 
Antya 20.20
 
TEXT 20
 
TEXT
 
ye-rupe la-ile nama prema upajaya
tahara laksana suna, svarupa-rama-raya
SYNONYMS
 
ye-rupe -- by which process; la-ile -- if chanting; nama -- the holy 
name; prema upajaya -- dormant love of Krsna awakens; tahara laksana 
suna -- just hear the symptom of that; svarupa-rama-raya -- O Svarupa 
Damodara and Ramananda Raya.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu continued, "O Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and 
Ramananda Raya, hear from Me the symptoms of how one should chant the 
Hare Krsna maha-mantra to awaken very easily one's dormant love for 
Krsna.
 
Antya 20.21
 
TEXT 21
 
TEXT
 
trnad api su-nicena
 taror iva sahisnuna
amanina mana-dena
 kirtaniyah sada harih
SYNONYMS
 
trnat api -- than downtrodden grass; su-nicena -- being lower; 
taroh -- than a tree; iva -- like; sahisnuna -- with tolerance; amanina -
- without being puffed up by false pride; mana-dena -- giving 
respect to all; kirtaniyah -- to be chanted; sada -- always; harih -- 
the holy name of the Lord.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘One who thinks himself lower than the grass, who is more tolerant than 
a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to 
give all respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name 
of the Lord.'
 
Antya 20.22
 
TEXT 22
 
TEXT
 
uttama hana apanake mane trnadhama
dui-prakare sahisnuta kare vrksa-sama
SYNONYMS
 
uttama hana -- although being very much exalted; apanake -- himself; 
mane -- thinks; trna-adhama -- lower than a blade of the grass on the 
ground; dui-prakare -- in two ways; sahisnuta -- tolerance; kare -- 
performs; vrksa-sama -- like the tree.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"These are the symptoms of one who chants the Hare Krsna maha-mantra. 
Although he is very exalted, he thinks himself lower than the grass on 
the ground, and like a tree, he tolerates everything in two ways.
 
Antya 20.23
 
TEXT 23
 
TEXT
 
vrksa yena katileha kichu na bolaya
sukana maileha kare pani na magaya
SYNONYMS
 
vrksa -- a tree; yena -- as; katileha -- when it is cut; kichu na bolaya 
-- does not say anything; sukana -- drying up; maileha -- if dying; kare 
-- anyone; pani -- water; na magaya -- does not ask for.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"When a tree is cut down, it does not protest, and even when drying up, 
it does not ask anyone for water.
 
Antya 20.24
 
TEXT 24
 
TEXT
 
yei ye magaye, tare deya apana-dhana
gharma-vrsti sahe, anera karaye raksana
SYNONYMS
 
yei ye magaye -- if anyone asks anything from the tree; tare -- unto him;
 deya -- gives; apana-dhana -- its own wealth; gharma-vrsti -- the 
scorching heat of the sun and torrents of rain; sahe -- tolerates; anera 
-- to others; karaye raksana -- gives protection.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"The tree delivers its fruits, flowers and whatever else it possesses to 
anyone and everyone. It tolerates scorching heat and torrents of rain, 
yet it still gives shelter to others.
 
Antya 20.25
 
TEXT 25
 
TEXT
 
uttama hana vaisnava habe nirabhimana
jive sammana dibe jani' ‘krsna'-adhisthana
SYNONYMS
 
uttama hana -- although being very much exalted; vaisnava -- a devotee; 
habe -- should become; nirabhimana -- without pride; jive -- to all 
living entities; sammana dibe -- should give respect; jani' -- knowing; 
krsna-adhisthana -- the resting place of Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Although a Vaisnava is the most exalted person, he is prideless and 
gives all respect to everyone, knowing everyone to be the resting place 
of Krsna.
 
Antya 20.26
 
TEXT 26
 
TEXT
 
ei-mata hana yei krsna-nama laya
sri-krsna-carane tanra prema upajaya
SYNONYMS
 
ei-mata -- in this way; hana -- becoming; yei -- anyone who; krsna-nama 
laya -- chants the holy name of Krsna; sri-krsna-carane -- at the lotus 
feet of Lord Krsna; tanra -- his; prema upajaya -- love of Krsna awakens.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"If one chants the holy name of Lord Krsna in this manner, he will 
certainly awaken his dormant love for Krsna's lotus feet."
 
Antya 20.27
 
TEXT 27
 
TEXT
 
kahite kahite prabhura dainya badila
'suddha-bhakti' krsna-thani magite lagila
SYNONYMS
 
kahite kahite -- speaking like this; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; dainya -- humility; badila -- increased; suddha-bhakti -- 
pure devotional service; krsna-thani -- from Krsna; magite lagila -- 
began to pray for.
 
TRANSLATION
 
As Lord Caitanya spoke in this way, His humility increased, and He began 
praying to Krsna that He could discharge pure devotional service.
 
Antya 20.28
 
TEXT 28
 
TEXT
 
premera svabhava -- yahan premera sambandha
sei mane, -- ‘krsne mora nahi prema-gandha'
SYNONYMS
 
premera svabhava -- the nature of love of Godhead; yahan -- where; 
premera sambandha -- a relationship of love of Godhead; sei mane -- he 
recognizes; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; mora -- my; nahi -- there is not; 
prema-gandha -- even a scent of love of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Wherever there is a relationship of love of Godhead, its natural symptom 
is that the devotee does not think himself a devotee. Instead, he always 
thinks that he has not even a drop of love for Krsna.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura comments that persons who are 
actually very poor because they possess not even a drop of love of 
Godhead or pure devotional service falsely advertise themselves as great 
devotees, although they cannot at any time relish the transcendental 
bliss of devotional service. A class of so-called devotees known as 
prakrta-sahajiyas sometimes display devotional symptoms to exhibit their 
good fortune. They are pretending, however, because these devotional 
features are only external. The prakrta-sahajiyas exhibit these symptoms 
to advertise their so-called advancement in love of Krsna, but instead 
of praising the prakrta-sahajiyas for their symptoms of transcendental 
ecstasy, pure devotees do not like to associate with them. It is not 
advisable to equate the prakrta-sahajiyas with pure devotees. When one 
is actually advanced in ecstatic love of Krsna, he does not try to 
advertise himself. Instead, he endeavors more and more to render service 
to the Lord.
 
The prakrta-sahajiyas sometimes criticize pure devotees by calling them 
philosophers, learned scholars, knowers of the truth, or minute 
observers, but not devotees. On the other hand, they depict themselves 
as the most advanced, transcendentally blissful devotees, deeply 
absorbed in devotional service and mad to taste transcendental mellows. 
They also describe themselves as the most advanced devotees in 
spontaneous love, as knowers of transcendental mellows, as the topmost 
devotees in conjugal love of Krsna, and so on. Not actually knowing the 
transcendental nature of love of God, they accept their material 
emotions to be indicative of advancement. In this way they pollute the 
process of devotional service. To try to become writers of Vaisnava 
literature, they introduce their material conceptions of life into pure 
devotional service. Because of their material conceptions, they 
advertise themselves as knowers of transcendental mellows, but they do 
not understand the transcendental nature of devotional service.
 
Antya 20.29
 
TEXT 29
 
TEXT
 
na dhanam na janam na sundarim
 kavitam va jagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare
 bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi
SYNONYMS
 
na -- not; dhanam -- riches; na -- not; janam -- followers; na -- not; 
sundarim -- a very beautiful woman; kavitam -- fruitive activities 
described in flowery language; va -- or; jagat-isa -- O Lord of the 
universe; kamaye -- I desire; mama -- My; janmani -- in birth; janmani --
 after birth; isvare -- unto the Supreme Personality of Godhead; 
bhavatat -- let there be; bhaktih -- devotional service; ahaituki -- 
with no motives; tvayi -- unto You.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘O Lord of the universe, I do not desire material wealth, materialistic 
followers, a beautiful wife or fruitive activities described in flowery 
language. All I want, life after life, is unmotivated devotional service 
to You.'
 
Antya 20.30
 
TEXT 30
 
TEXT
 
"dhana, jana nahi magon, kavita sundari
'suddha-bhakti' deha' more, krsna krpa kari'"
SYNONYMS
 
dhana -- wealth; jana -- followers; nahi -- do not; magon -- I want; 
kavita sundari -- a beautiful wife or fruitive activities; suddha-bhakti 
-- pure devotional service; deha' -- please award; more -- unto Me; 
krsna -- O Lord Krsna; krpa kari' -- becoming merciful.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My dear Lord Krsna, I do not want material wealth from You, nor do I 
want followers, a beautiful wife or the results of fruitive activities. 
I only pray that by Your causeless mercy You give Me pure devotional 
service to You, life after life."
 
Antya 20.31
 
TEXT 31
 
TEXT
 
ati-dainye punah mage dasya-bhakti-dana
apanare kare samsari jiva-abhimana
SYNONYMS
 
ati-dainye -- in great humility; punah -- again; mage -- begs; dasya-
bhakti-dana -- the awarding of devotion in servitude; apanare -- to 
Himself; kare -- does; samsari -- materialistic; jiva-abhimana -- 
conception as a conditioned soul.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In great humility, considering Himself a conditioned soul of the 
material world, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu again expressed His desire to be 
endowed with service to the Lord.
 
Antya 20.32
 
TEXT 32
 
TEXT
 
ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram
 patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
krpaya tava pada-pankaja-
 sthita-dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya
SYNONYMS
 
ayi -- O My Lord; nanda-tanuja -- the son of Nanda Maharaja, Krsna; 
kinkaram -- the servant; patitam -- fallen; mam -- Me; visame -- 
horrible; bhava-ambudhau -- in the ocean of nescience; krpaya -- by 
causeless mercy; tava -- Your; pada-pankaja -- lotus feet; sthita -- 
situated at; dhuli-sadrsam -- like a particle of dust; vicintaya -- 
kindly consider.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘O My Lord, O Krsna, son of Maharaja Nanda, I am Your eternal servant, 
but because of My own fruitive acts I have fallen into this horrible 
ocean of nescience. Now please be causelessly merciful to Me. Consider 
Me a particle of dust at Your lotus feet.'
 
Antya 20.33
 
TEXT 33
 
TEXT
 
"tomara nitya-dasa mui, toma pasariya
padiyachon bhavarnave maya-baddha hana
SYNONYMS
 
tomara -- Your; nitya-dasa -- eternal servant; mui -- I; toma pasariya --
 forgetting Your Lordship; padiyachon -- I have fallen; bhava-arnave -- 
in the ocean of nescience; maya-baddha hana -- becoming conditioned by 
the external energy.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I am Your eternal servant, but I forgot Your Lordship. Now I have 
fallen into the ocean of nescience and have been conditioned by the 
external energy.
 
Antya 20.34
 
TEXT 34
 
TEXT
 
krpa kari' kara more pada-dhuli-sama
tomara sevaka karon tomara sevana"
SYNONYMS
 
krpa kari' -- being merciful; kara -- make; more -- Me; pada-dhuli-sama -
- like a particle of dust at Your lotus feet; tomara sevaka -- as I am 
Your eternal servant; karon -- let Me be engaged; tomara sevana -- in 
Your service.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Be causelessly merciful to Me by giving Me a place with the particles 
of dust at Your lotus feet so that I may engage in the service of Your 
Lordship as Your eternal servant."
 
Antya 20.35
 
TEXT 35
 
TEXT
 
punah ati-utkantha, dainya ha-ila udgama
krsna-thani mage prema-nama-sankirtana
SYNONYMS
 
punah -- again; ati-utkantha -- great eagerness; dainya -- humility; ha-
ila udgama -- were awakened; krsna-thani -- from Lord Krsna; mage -- 
prays for; prema -- in ecstatic love; nama-sankirtana -- chanting the 
maha-mantra.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Natural humility and eagerness then awoke in Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu. He prayed to Krsna to be able to chant the maha-mantra in 
ecstatic love.
 
Antya 20.36
 
TEXT 36
 
TEXT
 
nayanam galad-asru-dharaya
 vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nicitam vapuh kada
 tava nama-grahane bhavisyati
SYNONYMS
 
nayanam -- the eyes; galat-asru-dharaya -- by streams of tears running 
down; vadanam -- mouth; gadgada -- faltering; ruddhaya -- choked up; 
gira -- with words; pulakaih -- with erection of the hairs due to 
transcendental happiness; nicitam -- covered; vapuh -- the body; kada -- 
when; tava -- Your; nama-grahane -- in chanting the name; bhavisyati -- 
will be.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘My dear Lord, when will My eyes be beautified by filling with tears 
that constantly glide down as I chant Your holy name? When will My voice 
falter and all the hairs on My body stand erect in transcendental 
happiness as I chant Your holy name?'
 
Antya 20.37
 
TEXT 37
 
TEXT
 
"prema-dhana vina vyartha daridra jivana
'dasa' kari' vetana more deha prema-dhana"
SYNONYMS
 
prema-dhana -- the wealth of ecstatic love; vina -- without; vyartha -- 
useless; daridra jivana -- poor life; dasa kari' -- accepting as Your 
eternal servant; vetana -- salary; more -- unto Me; deha -- give; prema-
dhana -- the treasure of love of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Without love of Godhead, My life is useless. Therefore I pray that You 
accept Me as Your servant and give Me the salary of ecstatic love of God.
"
 
Antya 20.38
 
TEXT 38
 
TEXT
 
rasantaravese ha-ila viyoga-sphurana
udvega, visada, dainye kare pralapana
SYNONYMS
 
rasa-antara-avese -- in the ecstatic love characterized by different 
mellows; ha-ila -- there was; viyoga-sphurana -- awakening of separation;
 udvega -- distress; visada -- moroseness; dainye -- humility; kare 
pralapana -- speaks like a crazy person.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Separation from Krsna awoke various mellows of distress, lamentation and 
humility. Thus Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke like a crazy man.
 
Antya 20.39
 
TEXT 39
 
TEXT
 
yugayitam nimesena
 caksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvam
 govinda-virahena me
SYNONYMS
 
yugayitam -- appearing like a great millennium; nimesena -- by a moment; 
caksusa -- from the eyes; pravrsayitam -- tears falling like torrents of 
rain; sunyayitam -- appearing void; jagat -- the world; sarvam -- all; 
govinda -- from Lord Govinda, Krsna; virahena me -- by My separation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"‘My Lord Govinda, because of separation from You, I consider even a 
moment a great millennium. Tears flow from My eyes like torrents of rain,
 and I see the entire world as void.'
 
Antya 20.40
 
TEXT 40
 
TEXT
 
udvege divasa na yaya, ‘ksana' haila ‘yuga'-sama
varsara megha-praya asru varise nayana
SYNONYMS
 
udvege -- by great agitation; divasa -- day; na -- not; yaya -- passes; 
ksana -- a moment; haila -- became; yuga-sama -- like a great millennium;
 varsara -- of the rainy season; megha-praya -- like clouds; asru -- 
tears; varise -- fall down; nayana -- from the eyes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"In My agitation, a day never ends, for every moment seems like a 
millennium. Pouring incessant tears, My eyes are like clouds in the 
rainy season.
 
Antya 20.41
 
TEXT 41
 
TEXT
 
govinda-virahe sunya ha-ila tribhuvana
tusanale pode, -- yena na yaya jivana
SYNONYMS
 
govinda-virahe -- by separation from Govinda; sunya -- void; ha-ila -- 
became; tri-bhuvana -- the three worlds; tusa-anale -- in the slow fire; 
pode -- burns; yena -- just like; na yaya -- does not go; jivana -- life.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"The three worlds have become void because of separation from Govinda. I 
feel as if I were burning alive in a slow fire.
 
Antya 20.42
 
TEXT 42
 
TEXT
 
krsna udasina ha-ila karite pariksana
sakhi saba kahe, -- ‘krsne kara upeksana'
SYNONYMS
 
krsna -- Lord Krsna; udasina -- indifferent; ha-ila -- became; karite -- 
to make; pariksana -- testing; sakhi saba kahe -- all the friends say; 
krsne -- unto Krsna; kara -- just do; upeksana -- neglecting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Lord Krsna has become indifferent to Me just to test My love, and My 
friends say, ‘Better to disregard Him.'"
 
Antya 20.43
 
TEXT 43
 
TEXT
 
eteka cintite radhara nirmala hrdaya
svabhavika premara svabhava karila udaya
SYNONYMS
 
eteka -- thus; cintite -- thinking; radhara -- of Srimati Radharani; 
nirmala hrdaya -- possessing a pure heart; svabhavika -- natural; 
premara -- of love of Krsna; svabhava -- the character; karila 
udaya -- awakes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
While Srimati Radharani was thinking in this way, the characteristics of 
natural love became manifest because of Her pure heart.
 
Antya 20.44
 
TEXT 44
 
TEXT
 
irsya, utkantha, dainya, praudhi, vinaya
eta bhava eka-thani karila udaya
SYNONYMS
 
irsya -- envy; utkantha -- eagerness; dainya -- humility; praudhi -- 
zeal; vinaya -- solicitation; eta bhava -- all these transcendental 
ecstasies; eka-thani -- in one place; karila udaya -- awoke.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The ecstatic symptoms of envy, great eagerness, humility, zeal and 
supplication all became manifest at once.
 
Antya 20.45
 
TEXT 45
 
TEXT
 
eta bhave radhara mana asthira ha-ila
sakhi-gana-age praudhi-sloka ye padila
SYNONYMS
 
eta bhave -- in that mood; radhara -- of Srimati Radharani; mana -- the 
mind; asthira ha-ila -- became agitated; sakhi-gana-age -- before the 
friends, the gopis; praudhi-sloka -- advanced devotional verse; ye -- 
which; padila -- She recited.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In that mood, the mind of Srimati Radharani was agitated, and therefore 
She spoke a verse of advanced devotion to Her gopi friends.
 
Antya 20.46
 
TEXT 46
 
TEXT
 
sei bhave prabhu sei sloka uccarila
sloka uccarite tad-rupa apane ha-ila
SYNONYMS
 
sei bhave -- in that ecstatic mood; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
sei -- that; sloka -- verse; uccarila -- recited; sloka -- the verse; 
uccarite -- by reciting; tat-rupa -- like Srimati Radharani; apane -- 
Himself; ha-ila -- became.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the same spirit of ecstasy, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited that 
verse, and as soon as He did so, He felt like Srimati Radharani.
 
Antya 20.47
 
TEXT 47
 
TEXT
 
aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam
 adarsanan marma-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato
 mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah
SYNONYMS
 
aslisya -- embracing with great pleasure; va -- or; pada-ratam -- who 
have fallen at the lotus feet; pinastu -- let Him trample; mam -- Me; 
adarsanat -- by not being visible; marma-hatam -- brokenhearted; karotu -
- let Him make; va -- or; yatha -- as (He likes); tatha -- so; va -- or; 
vidadhatu -- let Him do; lampatah -- a debauchee, who mixes with other 
women; mat-prana-nathah -- the Lord of My life; tu -- but; sah -- He; 
eva -- only; na aparah -- not anyone else.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Let Krsna tightly embrace this maidservant who has fallen at His lotus 
feet, or let Him trample Me or break My heart by never being visible to 
Me. He is a debauchee, after all, and can do whatever He likes, but 
still He alone, and no one else, is the worshipable Lord of My 
heart.
 
Antya 20.48
 
TEXT 48
 
TEXT
 
"ami -- krsna-pada-dasi, tenho -- rasa-sukha-rasi,
alingiya kare atma-satha
kiba na deya darasana, jarena mora tanu-mana,
tabu tenho -- mora prana-natha
SYNONYMS
 
ami -- I; krsna-pada-dasi -- a maidservant at the lotus feet of Krsna; 
tenho -- He; rasa-sukha-rasi -- the reservoir of transcendental mellows; 
alingiya -- by embracing; kare -- makes; atma-satha -- merged; kiba -- 
or; na deya -- does not give; darasana -- audience; jarena -- corrodes; 
mora -- My; tanu-mana -- body and mind; tabu -- still; tenho -- He; mora 
prana-natha -- the Lord of My life.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I am a maidservant at the lotus feet of Krsna. He is the embodiment of 
transcendental happiness and mellows. If He likes He can tightly embrace 
Me and make Me feel oneness with Him, or by not giving Me His audience, 
He may corrode My mind and body. Nevertheless, it is He who is the Lord 
of My life.
 
Antya 20.49
 
TEXT 49
 
TEXT
 
sakhi he, suna mora manera niscaya
kiba anuraga kare,     kiba duhkha diya mare,
mora pranesvara krsna -- anya naya
SYNONYMS
 
sakhi he -- My dear friend; suna -- just hear; mora -- My; manera -- 
of the mind; niscaya -- decision; kiba -- whether; anuraga -- affection; 
kare -- shows; kiba -- or; duhkha -- unhappiness; diya -- bestowing; 
mare -- kills; mora -- My; prana-isvara -- the Lord of life; krsna -- 
Krsna; anya naya -- and no one else.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My dear friend, just hear the decision of My mind. Krsna is the Lord of 
My life in all conditions, whether He shows Me affection or kills Me by 
giving Me unhappiness.
 
Antya 20.50
 
TEXT 50
 
TEXT
 
chadi' anya nari-gana,     mora vasa tanu-mana,
mora saubhagya prakata kariya
ta-sabare deya pida,     ama-sane kare krida,
sei nari-gane dekhana
SYNONYMS
 
chadi' -- giving up; anya -- other; nari-gana -- women; mora -- My; vasa 
-- control; tanu-mana -- mind and body; mora -- My; saubhagya -- fortune;
 prakata kariya -- manifesting; ta-sabare -- unto all of them; deya pida 
-- gives distress; ama-sane -- with Me; kare krida -- performs loving 
activities; sei nari-gane -- unto these women; dekhana -- showing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Sometimes Krsna gives up the company of other gopis and becomes 
controlled, mind and body, by Me. Thus He manifests My good fortune and 
gives others distress by performing His loving affairs with Me.
 
Antya 20.51
 
TEXT 51
 
TEXT
 
kiba tenho lampata,     satha, dhrsta, sakapata,
anya nari-gana kari' satha
more dite manah-pida,     mora age kare krida,
tabu tenho -- mora prana-natha
SYNONYMS
 
kiba -- or; tenho -- He; lampata -- debauchee; satha -- deceitful; 
dhrsta -- obstinate; sakapata -- with a cheating propensity; anya -- 
other; nari-gana -- women; kari' -- accepting; satha -- as companions; 
more -- unto Me; dite -- to give; manah-pida -- distress in the mind; 
mora age -- in front of Me; kare krida -- performs loving affairs; tabu -
- still; tenho -- He; mora prana-natha -- the Lord of My life.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Or, since after all He is a very cunning, obstinate debauchee with a 
propensity to cheat, He takes to the company of other women. He then 
indulges in loving affairs with them in front of Me to give distress to 
My mind. Nevertheless, He is still the Lord of My life.
 
Antya 20.52
 
TEXT 52
 
TEXT
 
na gani apana-duhkha,     sabe vanchi tanra sukha,
tanra sukha -- amara tatparya
more yadi diya duhkha,     tanra haila maha-sukha,
sei duhkha -- mora sukha-varya
SYNONYMS
 
na -- not; gani -- I count; apana-duhkha -- own personal misery; sabe -- 
only; vanchi -- I desire; tanra sukha -- His happiness; tanra sukha -- 
His happiness; amara tatparya -- the aim of My life; more -- unto Me; 
yadi -- if; diya duhkha -- giving distress; tanra -- His; haila -- there 
was; maha-sukha -- great happiness; sei duhkha -- that unhappiness; mora 
sukha-varya -- the best of My happiness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"I do not mind My personal distress. I only wish for the happiness of 
Krsna, for His happiness is the goal of My life. However, if He feels 
great happiness in giving Me distress, that distress is the best of My 
happiness.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that a devotee does not 
care about his own happiness and distress; he is simply interested in 
seeing that Krsna is happy, and for that purpose he engages in various 
activities. A pure devotee has no way of sensing happiness except by 
seeing that Krsna is happy in every respect. If Krsna becomes happy by 
giving him distress, such a devotee accepts that unhappiness as the 
greatest of all happiness. Those who are materialistic, however, who are 
very proud of material wealth and have no spiritual knowledge, like the 
prakrta-sahajiyas, regard their own happiness as the aim of life. Some 
of them aspire to enjoy themselves by sharing the happiness of Krsna. 
This is the mentality of fruitive workers who want to enjoy sense 
gratification by making a show of service to Krsna.
 
Antya 20.53
 
TEXT 53
 
TEXT
 
ye narire vanche krsna,     tara rupe satrsna,
tare na pana haya duhkhi
mui tara paya padi',     lana yana hate dhari',
krida karana tanre karon sukhi
SYNONYMS
 
ye narire -- the woman whom; vanche krsna -- Krsna desires to have in 
His company; tara rupe satrsna -- attracted to her beauty; tare -- her; 
na pana -- not getting; haya duhkhi -- becomes unhappy; mui -- I; tara 
paya padi' -- falling down at her feet; lana yana -- taking, go; hate 
dhari' -- catching the hand; krida -- pastimes; karana -- bringing about;
 tanre -- Lord Krsna; karon sukhi -- I make happy.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"If Krsna, attracted by the beauty of some other woman, wants to enjoy 
with her but is unhappy because He cannot get her, I fall down at her 
feet, catch her hand and bring her to Krsna to engage her for His 
happiness.
 
Antya 20.54
 
TEXT 54
 
TEXT
 
kanta krsne kare rosa,     krsna paya santosa,
sukha paya tadana-bhartsane
yatha-yogya kare mana,     krsna tate sukha pana,
chade mana alpa-sadhane
SYNONYMS
 
kanta -- the beloved; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; kare rosa -- shows anger;
 krsna paya santosa -- Krsna becomes very happy; sukha paya -- obtains 
happiness; tadana-bhartsane -- by chastisement; yatha-yogya -- as it is 
suitable; kare mana -- shows pride; krsna -- Lord Krsna; tate -- in such 
activities; sukha pana -- obtains happiness; chade mana -- gives up 
pride; alpa-sadhane -- by a little endeavor.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"When a beloved gopi shows symptoms of anger toward Krsna, Krsna is very 
satisfied. Indeed, He is extremely pleased when chastised by such a gopi.
 She shows her pride suitably, and Krsna enjoys that attitude. Then she 
gives up her pride with a little endeavor.
 
Antya 20.55
 
TEXT 55
 
TEXT
 
sei nari jiye kene,     krsna-marma vyatha jane,
tabu krsne kare gadha rosa
nija-sukhe mane kaja,     paduka tara sire vaja,
krsnera matra cahiye santosa
SYNONYMS
 
sei nari -- that woman; jiye -- lives; kene -- why; krsna-marma -- Krsna'
s heart; vyatha -- unhappy; jane -- knows; tabu -- still; krsne -- unto 
Krsna; kare -- does; gadha rosa -- deep anger; nija-sukhe -- in her own 
happiness; mane -- considers; kaja -- the only business; paduka -- let 
there fall; tare -- of her; sire -- on the head; vaja -- a thunderbolt; 
krsnera -- of Krsna; matra -- only; cahiye -- we want; santosa -- the 
happiness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Why does a woman continue to live who knows that Krsna's heart is 
unhappy but who still shows her deep anger toward Him? She is interested 
in her own happiness. I condemn such a woman to be struck on the head 
with a thunderbolt, for We simply want the happiness of Krsna.
 
PURPORT
 
A devotee who is satisfied only with his own sense gratification 
certainly falls down from the service of Krsna. Being attracted by 
material happiness, he later joins the prakrta-sahajiyas, who are 
considered to be nondevotees.
 
Antya 20.56
 
TEXT 56
 
TEXT
 
ye gopi mora kare dvese,     krsnera kare santose,
krsna yare kare abhilasa
mui tara ghare yana,     tare sevon dasi hana,
tabe mora sukhera ullasa
SYNONYMS
 
ye gopi -- any gopi who; mora -- unto Me; kare dvese -- shows envy; 
krsnera kare santose -- but satisfies Krsna; krsna -- unto Lord Krsna; 
yare -- unto whom; kare -- does; abhilasa -- desiring; mui -- I; tara -- 
her; ghare yana -- going to the house; tare sevon -- shall render 
service unto her; dasi hana -- becoming a maidservant; tabe -- then; 
mora -- My; sukhera ullasa -- awakening of happiness.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"If a gopi envious of Me satisfies Krsna and Krsna desires her, I shall 
not hesitate to go to her house and become her maidservant, for then My 
happiness will be awakened.
 
Antya 20.57
 
TEXT 57
 
TEXT
 
kusthi-viprera ramani,     pativrata-siromani,
pati lagi' kaila vesyara seva
stambhila suryera gati,     jiyaila mrta pati,
tusta kaila mukhya tina-deva
SYNONYMS
 
kusthi-viprera -- of a brahmana who suffered from leprosy; ramani -- 
the wife; pati-vrata-siromani -- the topmost of chaste women; pati lagi' 
-- for the satisfaction of her husband; kaila -- performed; vesyara seva 
-- service to a prostitute; stambhila -- stopped; suryera gati -- the 
movement of the sun; jiyaila -- revived; mrta pati -- the dead husband; 
tusta kaila -- satisfied; mukhya -- the principal; tina-deva -- three 
deities or demigods.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"The wife of a brahmana suffering from leprosy manifested herself as the 
topmost of all chaste women by serving a prostitute to satisfy her 
husband. She thus stopped the movement of the sun, brought her dead 
husband back to life and satisfied the three principal demigods [Brahma, 
Visnu and Mahesvara].
 
PURPORT
 
The Aditya Purana, Markandeya Purana and Padma Purana tell about a 
brahmana who was suffering from leprosy but had a very chaste and 
faithful wife. He desired to enjoy the company of a prostitute, and 
therefore his wife went to her and became her maidservant, just to draw 
her attention for his service. When the prostitute agreed to associate 
with him, the wife brought her the leprotic husband. When that leper, 
the sinful son of a brahmana, saw the chastity of his wife, he finally 
abandoned his sinful intentions. While coming home, however, he touched 
the body of Markandeya Rsi, who thus cursed him to die at sunrise. 
Because of her chastity, the woman was very powerful. Therefore when she 
heard about the curse, she vowed to stop the sunrise. Because of her 
strong determination to serve her husband, the three deities -- namely 
Brahma, Visnu and Mahesvara -- were very happy, and they gave her the 
benediction that her husband would be cured and brought back to life. 
This example is given herein to emphasize that a devotee should engage 
himself exclusively for the satisfaction of Krsna, without personal 
motives. That will make his life successful.
 
Antya 20.58
 
TEXT 58
 
TEXT
 
krsna -- mora jivana,     krsna -- mora prana-dhana,
krsna -- mora pranera parana
hrdaya-upare dharon,     seva kari' sukhi karon,
ei mora sada rahe dhyana
SYNONYMS
 
krsna -- Lord Krsna; mora jivana -- My life and soul; krsna -- Lord 
Krsna; mora prana-dhana -- the wealth of My life; krsna -- Lord Krsna; 
mora pranera parana -- the life of My life; hrdaya-upare -- on My heart; 
dharon -- I hold; seva kari' -- serving; sukhi karon -- I make happy; ei 
-- this; mora -- My; sada -- always; rahe -- remains; dhyana -- 
meditation.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Krsna is My life and soul. Krsna is the treasure of My life. Indeed, 
Krsna is the very life of My life. I therefore keep Him always in My 
heart and try to please Him by rendering service. That is My constant 
meditation.
 
Antya 20.59
 
TEXT 59
 
TEXT
 
mora sukha -- sevane,     krsnera sukha -- sangame,
ataeva deha dena dana
krsna more ‘kanta' kari',     kahe more ‘pranesvari',
mora haya ‘dasi'-abhimana
SYNONYMS
 
mora sukha -- My happiness; sevane -- in service; krsnera sukha -- Krsna'
s happiness; sangame -- by union with Me; ataeva -- therefore; deha -- 
My body; dena -- I offer; dana -- as charity; krsna -- Lord Krsna; more -
- Me; kanta kari' -- accepting as beloved; kahe -- says; more -- to Me; 
prana-isvari -- the most beloved; mora -- My; haya -- there is; dasi-
abhimana -- considering His maidservant.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"My happiness is in the service of Krsna, and Krsna's happiness is in 
union with Me. For this reason, I give My body in charity to the lotus 
feet of Krsna, who accepts Me as His loved one and calls Me His most 
beloved. It is then that I consider Myself His maidservant.
 
Antya 20.60
 
TEXT 60
 
TEXT
 
kanta-seva-sukha-pura,     sangama haite sumadhura,
tate saksi -- laksmi thakurani
narayana-hrdi sthiti,     tabu pada-sevaya mati,
seva kare ‘dasi'-abhimani"
SYNONYMS
 
kanta-seva-sukha-pura -- the service of the Lord is the home of 
happiness; sangama haite su-madhura -- sweeter than direct union; tate --
 in that; saksi -- evidence; laksmi thakurani -- the goddess of fortune; 
narayana-hrdi -- on the heart of Narayana; sthiti -- situation; tabu -- 
still; pada-sevaya mati -- her desire is to serve the lotus feet; seva 
kare -- renders service; dasi-abhimani -- considering herself a 
maidservant.
 
TRANSLATION
 
"Service to My lover is the home of happiness and is more sweet than 
direct union with Him. The goddess of fortune is evidence of this, for 
although she constantly lives on the heart of Narayana, she wants to 
render service to His lotus feet. She therefore considers herself a 
maidservant and serves Him constantly."
 
Antya 20.61
 
TEXT 61
 
TEXT
 
ei radhara vacana,     visuddha-prema-laksana,
asvadaye sri-gaura-raya
bhave mana nahe sthira,     sattvike vyape sarira,
mana-deha dharana na yaya
SYNONYMS
 
ei -- these; radhara vacana -- the statements of Srimati Radharani; 
visuddha-prema-laksana -- the symptoms of pure love of Krsna; asvadaye --
 tastes; sri-gaura-raya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhave -- 
because of this ecstasy; mana nahe sthira -- the mind is not steady; 
sattvike -- the symptoms of transcendental love; vyape -- spread over; 
sarira -- the body; mana-deha -- mind and body; dharana -- sustaining; 
na yaya -- is not possible.
 
TRANSLATION
 
These statements by Srimati Radharani show the symptoms of pure love for 
Krsna tasted by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. In that ecstatic love, His mind 
was unsteady. Transformations of transcendental love spread throughout 
His entire body, and He could not sustain His body and mind.
 
Antya 20.62
 
TEXT 62
 
TEXT
 
vrajera visuddha-prema, --     yena jambu-nada hema,
atma-sukhera yahan nahi gandha
se prema jana'te loke,     prabhu kaila ei sloke,
pade kaila arthera nirbandha
SYNONYMS
 
vrajera -- of Vrndavana; visuddha-prema -- the pure love of Krsna; yena -
- like; jambu-nada hema -- the golden particles found in the Jambu River;
 atma-sukhera -- of personal sense gratification; yahan -- where; nahi 
gandha -- there is not even a scent; se prema -- that love of Godhead; 
jana'te loke -- to advertise among the people; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; kaila -- has written; ei sloke -- this verse; pade -- in 
different steps; kaila arthera nirbandha -- has clarified the real 
meaning.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The pure devotional service in Vrndavana is like the golden particles in 
the river Jambu. In Vrndavana there is not a trace of personal sense 
gratification. It is to advertise such pure love in this material world 
that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has written the previous verse and 
explained its meaning.
 
PURPORT
 
The verse referred to here is text 47, the eighth verse of the 
Siksastaka.
 
Antya 20.63
 
TEXT 63
 
TEXT
 
ei-mata mahaprabhu bhavavista hana
pralapa karila tat-tat sloka padiya
SYNONYMS
 
ei-mata -- in this way; mahaprabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhava-
avista hana -- being overwhelmed by ecstatic love; pralapa karila -- 
said crazy words; tat-tat -- appropriate; sloka padiya -- by reciting 
verses.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Thus overwhelmed by ecstatic love, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu spoke like a 
madman and recited suitable verses.
 
Antya 20.64
 
TEXT 64
 
TEXT
 
purve asta-sloka kari' loke siksa dila
sei asta-slokera artha apane asvadila
SYNONYMS
 
purve -- formerly; asta-sloka kari' -- composing eight verses; loke 
siksa dila -- gave instruction to the people in general; sei -- those; 
asta-slokera -- of the eight stanzas; artha -- the meaning; apane 
asvadila -- personally tasted.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Lord had formerly composed these eight verses to teach people in 
general. Now He personally tasted the meaning of the verses, which are 
called the Siksastaka.
 
Antya 20.65
 
TEXT 65
 
TEXT
 
prabhura ‘siksastaka'-sloka yei pade, sune
krsne prema-bhakti tara bade dine-dine
SYNONYMS
 
prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; siksa-astaka -- of the eight 
instructions; sloka -- the verses; yei -- anyone who; pade -- recites; 
sune -- or hears; krsne -- unto Lord Krsna; prema-bhakti -- ecstatic 
love and devotion; tara -- his; bade -- increases; dine-dine -- day 
after day.
 
TRANSLATION
 
If anyone recites or hears these eight verses of instruction by Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu, his ecstatic love and devotion for Krsna increase 
day by day.
 
Antya 20.66
 
TEXT 66
 
TEXT
 
yadyapiha prabhu -- koti-samudra-gambhira
nana-bhava-candrodaye hayena asthira
SYNONYMS
 
yadyapiha -- although; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; koti-samudra-
gambhira -- as deep as millions of oceans; nana -- various; bhava -- of 
ecstatic emotions; candrodaye -- because of the moonrise; hayena -- 
sometimes becomes; asthira -- restless.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is as deep and grave as millions of 
oceans, when the moon of His various emotions rises, He becomes restless.
 
Antya 20.67–68
 
TEXTS 67–68
 
TEXT
 
yei yei sloka jayadeva, bhagavate
rayera natake, yei ara karnamrte
sei sei bhave sloka kariya pathane
sei sei bhavavese karena asvadane
SYNONYMS
 
yei yei -- whatever; sloka -- verses; jayadeva -- Jayadeva Gosvami; 
bhagavate -- in Srimad-Bhagavatam; rayera natake -- in the drama 
composed by Ramananda Raya; yei -- whatever; ara -- also; karnamrte -- 
in the book named Krsna-karnamrta, written by Bilvamangala Thakura; sei 
sei bhave -- in those ecstatic emotions; sloka -- verses; kariya pathane 
-- reading regularly; sei sei -- in that particular; bhava-avese -- 
ecstatic love; karena asvadane -- He tastes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
When Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva's Gita-govinda, 
of Srimad-Bhagavatam, of Ramananda Raya's drama Jagannatha-vallabha-
nataka, and of Bilvamangala Thakura's Krsna-karnamrta, He was 
overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He 
tasted their purports.
 
Antya 20.69
 
TEXT 69
 
TEXT
 
dvadasa vatsara aiche dasa -- ratri-dine
krsna-rasa asvadaye dui-bandhu-sane
SYNONYMS
 
dvadasa vatsara -- for twelve years; aiche dasa -- such a condition; 
ratri-dine -- day and night; krsna-rasa -- transcendental bliss and 
mellows in connection with Krsna; asvadaye -- He tastes; dui-bandhu-sane 
-- with two friends, namely Ramananda Raya and Svarupa Damodara Gosvami.
 
TRANSLATION
 
For twelve years, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu remained in that state day and 
night. With His two friends He tasted the meaning of those verses, 
which consists of nothing but the transcendental bliss and mellows of 
Krsna consciousness.
 
Antya 20.70
 
TEXT 70
 
TEXT
 
sei saba lila-rasa apane ananta
sahasra-vadane varni' nahi pa'na anta
SYNONYMS
 
sei saba -- all these; lila-rasa -- transcendental mellows of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes; apane -- personally; ananta -- the 
Personality of Godhead Ananta; sahasra-vadane -- with His thousands of 
faces; varni' -- describing; nahi -- not; pa'na -- gets; anta -- the 
limit.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Even Anantadeva, who has thousands of faces, could not reach the end of 
describing the transcendental bliss of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's 
pastimes.
 
Antya 20.71
 
TEXT 71
 
TEXT
 
jiva ksudra-buddhi kon taha pare varnite?
tara eka kana sparsi apana sodhite
SYNONYMS
 
jiva -- living being; ksudra-buddhi -- limited intelligence; kon -- who; 
taha -- that; pare -- is able; varnite -- to write; tara -- of that; eka 
kana -- one particle; sparsi -- I touch; apana sodhite -- to correct 
myself.
 
TRANSLATION
 
How, then, could an ordinary living being with very little intelligence 
describe such pastimes? Nevertheless, I am trying to touch but a 
particle of them just to rectify myself.
 
Antya 20.72
 
TEXT 72
 
TEXT
 
yata cesta, yata pralapa, -- nahi paravara
sei saba varnite grantha haya suvistara
SYNONYMS
 
yata cesta -- all activities; yata pralapa -- all crazy talking; nahi 
paravara -- there was no limit; sei saba -- all of them; varnite -- to 
describe; grantha -- the book; haya -- would be; su-vistara -- very 
voluminous.
 
TRANSLATION
 
There is no limit to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's activities and His words 
of madness. Therefore describing them all would greatly increase the 
size of this book.
 
Antya 20.73
 
TEXT 73
 
TEXT
 
vrndavana-dasa prathama ye lila varnila
sei-saba lilara ami sutra-matra kaila
SYNONYMS
 
vrndavana-dasa -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura; prathama -- at first; ye -- 
whatever; lila -- pastimes; varnila -- described; sei-saba -- all of 
those; lilara -- of the pastimes; ami -- I; sutra-matra kaila -- 
prepared only the synopsis.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Whatever pastimes Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has first described I 
have merely summarized.
 
Antya 20.74
 
TEXT 74
 
TEXT
 
tanra tyakta ‘avasesa' sanksepe kahila
lilara bahulye grantha tathapi badila
SYNONYMS
 
tanra -- his; tyakta -- left out; avasesa -- remainders; sanksepe kahila 
-- I have described very briefly; lilara bahulye -- because of the 
numerousness of the pastimes; grantha -- this book; tathapi -- still; 
badila -- has increased.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have only very briefly described the pastimes of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu not described by Vrndavana dasa Thakura. Nevertheless, 
because those transcendental pastimes are so numerous, the size of this 
book has increased.
 
Antya 20.75
 
TEXT 75
 
TEXT
 
ataeva sei-saba lila na pari varnibare
samapti karilun lilake kari' namaskare
SYNONYMS
 
ataeva -- therefore; sei-saba -- all those; lila -- pastimes; na pari -- 
I am not able; varnibare -- to narrate; samapti karilun -- now I have 
finished; lilake -- to the pastimes; kari' namaskare -- offering my 
respectful obeisances.
 
TRANSLATION
 
It is impossible to describe all the pastimes elaborately. I shall 
therefore end this description and offer them my respectful obeisances.
 
Antya 20.76
 
TEXT 76
 
TEXT
 
ye kichu kahilun ei dig-darasana
ei anusare habe tara asvadana
SYNONYMS
 
ye kichu -- whatever; kahilun -- I have said; ei -- this; dik-darasana --
 just to make an indication; ei anusare -- in this way; habe -- there 
will be; tara -- of that; asvadana -- tasting.
 
TRANSLATION
 
What I have described gives merely an indication, but by following this 
indication one may obtain a taste of all the pastimes of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.77
 
TEXT 77
 
TEXT
 
prabhura gambhira-lila na pari bujhite
buddhi-pravesa nahi tate, na pari varnite
SYNONYMS
 
prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; gambhira -- deep; lila -- the 
pastimes; na pari -- I am not able; bujhite -- to understand; buddhi-
pravesa nahi -- my intelligence cannot penetrate; tate -- because of 
this; na pari -- I am not able; varnite -- to describe properly.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I cannot understand the very deep, meaningful pastimes of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu. My intelligence cannot penetrate them, and therefore I could 
not properly describe them.
 
Antya 20.78
 
TEXT 78
 
TEXT
 
saba srota vaisnavera vandiya carana
caitanya-caritra-varnana kailun samapana
SYNONYMS
 
saba srota -- all readers; vaisnavera -- of the Vaisnavas; vandiya 
carana -- offering respectful obeisances unto the lotus feet; caitanya-
caritra -- of the characteristics of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; varnana -- 
description; kailun -- I have done; samapana -- finishing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
After offering my respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of all my 
Vaisnava readers, I shall therefore end this description of the 
characteristics of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.79
 
TEXT 79
 
TEXT
 
akasa -- ananta, tate yaiche paksi-gana
yara yata sakti, tata kare arohana
SYNONYMS
 
akasa -- the sky; ananta -- unlimited; tate -- in that sky; yaiche -- 
just as; paksi-gana -- all types of birds; yara -- of someone; yata 
sakti -- whatever power; tata -- that much; kare arohana -- rises up and 
up.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The sky is unlimited, but many birds fly higher and higher according to 
their own abilities.
 
Antya 20.80
 
TEXT 80
 
TEXT
 
aiche mahaprabhura lila -- nahi ora-para
'jiva' hana keba samyak pare varnibara?
SYNONYMS
 
aiche -- similarly; mahaprabhura lila -- the pastimes of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; nahi ora-para -- there is no limit above or below; jiva hana 
-- being an ordinary living entity; keba -- who; samyak -- fully; pare --
 is able; varnibara -- to describe.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu are like the unlimited sky. How, 
then, can an ordinary living being describe them all?
 
Antya 20.81
 
TEXT 81
 
TEXT
 
yavat buddhira gati, tateka varnilun
samudrera madhye yena eka kana chunilun
SYNONYMS
 
yavat -- as far; buddhira gati -- the limit of my intelligence; tateka --
 that far; varnilun -- I have described; samudrera madhye -- in the 
midst of the great ocean; yena -- just like; eka kana -- one particle; 
chunilun -- I have touched.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have tried to describe them as far as my intelligence allows, as if 
trying to touch a drop in the midst of a great ocean.
 
Antya 20.82
 
TEXT 82
 
TEXT
 
nityananda-krpa-patra -- vrndavana-dasa
caitanya-lilaya tenho hayena ‘adi-vyasa'
SYNONYMS
 
nityananda -- of Lord Nityananda Prabhu; krpa-patra -- the favorite 
devotee; vrndavana-dasa -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura; caitanya-lilaya -- in 
the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tenho -- He; hayena -- is; adi-
vyasa -- the original Vyasadeva.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Vrndavana dasa Thakura is Lord Nityananda's favorite devotee, and 
therefore he is the original Vyasadeva in describing the pastimes of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says that all writers after 
Vrndavana dasa Thakura who are pure devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
and who have tried to describe the Lord's activities are to be 
considered like Vyasa. Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura is the original 
Vyasadeva in describing caitanya-lila, and all others who follow in his 
footsteps by describing Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes are also to 
be called Vyasadeva. The bona fide spiritual master is called Vyasa 
because he is a representative of Vyasa. Worshiping the birthday of such 
a spiritual master is called Vyasa-puja.
 
Antya 20.83
 
TEXT 83
 
TEXT
 
tanra age yadyapi saba lilara bhandara
tathapi alpa varniya chadilena ara
SYNONYMS
 
tanra age -- before him; yadyapi -- although; saba -- all; lilara -- of 
the pastimes; bhandara -- full store; tathapi -- still; alpa -- very 
little; varniya -- describing; chadilena -- he left; ara -- the others.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Although Vrndavana dasa Thakura has within his jurisdiction the full 
store of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's pastimes, he has left aside most of 
them and described but a small portion.
 
Antya 20.84
 
TEXT 84
 
TEXT
 
ye kichu varnilun, seha sanksepa kariya
likhite na parena, tabu rakhiyachena likhiya
SYNONYMS
 
ye kichu varnilun -- whatever I have described; seha -- them; sanksepa --
 briefly; kariya -- doing; likhite na parena -- Vrndavana dasa Thakura 
was not able to describe; tabu -- still; rakhiyachena -- has kept; 
likhiya -- recording in writing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
What I have described was left aside by Vrndavana dasa Thakura, but 
although he could not describe these pastimes, he gave us a synopsis.
 
Antya 20.85
 
TEXT 85
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-mangale tenho likhiyache sthane-sthane
sei vacana suna, sei parama-pramane
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya-mangale -- in the book named Caitanya-mangala; tenho -- 
Vrndavana dasa Thakura; likhiyache -- has written; sthane-sthane -- in 
several places; sei vacana suna -- please hear those statements; sei 
parama-pramane -- that is the foremost proof.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In his book named Caitanya-mangala [Caitanya-bhagavata], he has 
described these pastimes in many places. I request my readers to hear 
that book, for that is the best evidence.
 
Antya 20.86
 
TEXT 86
 
TEXT
 
sanksepe kahilun, vistara na yaya kathane
vistariya veda-vyasa kariba varnane
SYNONYMS
 
sanksepe kahilun -- I have described very briefly; vistara na yaya 
kathane -- it is not possible to describe them in full; vistariya -- 
elaborating; veda-vyasa -- a representative of Vyasadeva; kariba -- will 
do; varnane -- describing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have described the pastimes very briefly, for it is impossible for me 
to describe them in full. In the future, however, Vedavyasa will 
describe them elaborately.
 
Antya 20.87
 
TEXT 87
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-mangale iha likhiyache sthane-sthane
satya kahena, -- ‘age vyasa kariba varnane'
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya-mangale -- in the book named Caitanya-mangala, now known as 
Caitanya-bhagavata; iha -- this statement; likhiyache -- has written; 
sthane-sthane -- in many places; satya -- the truth; kahena -- he says; 
age -- in the future; vyasa kariba varnane -- Vyasadeva will describe 
them more elaborately.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Caitanya-mangala, Srila Vrndavana dasa Thakura has stated in many 
places the factual truth that in the future Vyasadeva will describe the 
Lord's pastimes elaborately.
 
PURPORT
 
The statement age vyasa kariba varnane is similar to a text in the 
Caitanya-bhagavata (Adi-khanda, 1.180) in which Vrndavana dasa 
Thakura says:
 
sesa-khande caitanyera ananta vilasa
vistariya varnite achena veda-vyasa
 
"The unlimited pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu will be described by 
Vyasadeva in the future." Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura says 
that these statements indicate that in the future, other representatives 
of Vyasadeva will elaborately describe Lord Caitanya's pastimes. The 
purport is that any pure devotee in the disciplic succession who 
describes the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is confirmed to be a 
representative of Vyasadeva.
 
Antya 20.88
 
TEXT 88
 
TEXT
 
caitanya-lilamrta-sindhu -- dugdhabdhi-samana
trsnanurupa jhari bhari' tenho kaila pana
SYNONYMS
 
caitanya-lila-amrta-sindhu -- the ocean of nectarean pastimes of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; dugdha-abdhi-samana -- exactly like the ocean of 
milk; trsna-anurupa -- according to one's thirst; jhari -- the pitcher; 
bhari' -- filling; tenho -- he; kaila pana -- drank.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The ocean of nectarean pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is like the 
ocean of milk. According to his thirst, Vrndavana dasa Thakura filled 
his pitcher and drank from that ocean.
 
Antya 20.89
 
TEXT 89
 
TEXT
 
tanra jhari-sesamrta kichu more dila
tateke bharila peta, trsna mora gela
SYNONYMS
 
tanra jhari-sesa-amrta -- the remnants of the milk of Vrndavana dasa 
Thakura's pitcher; kichu -- some; more dila -- has given to me; tateke --
 by those remnants; bharila peta -- my abdomen is filled; trsna mora 
gela -- now my thirst has gone.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Whatever remnants of milk Vrndavana dasa Thakura has given me are 
sufficient to fill my belly. Now my thirst is completely satiated.
 
Antya 20.90–91
 
TEXTS 90–91
 
TEXT
 
ami -- ati-ksudra jiva, paksi ranga-tuni
se yaiche trsnaya piye samudrera pani
taiche ami eka kana chunilun lilara
ei drstante janiha prabhura lilara vistara
SYNONYMS
 
ami -- I; ati-ksudra jiva -- a very insignificant living being; paksi 
ranga-tuni -- just like a little bird with a red beak; se -- he; yaiche -
- just as; trsnaya -- in thirst; piye -- drinks; samudrera pani -- the 
water of the sea; taiche -- in the same way; ami -- I; eka kana -- one 
small particle; chunilun -- touched; lilara -- of the pastimes of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; ei drstante -- by this example; janiha -- all of 
you know; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; lilara vistara -- 
expansion of the pastimes.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I am a very insignificant living being, like a small red-beaked bird. 
Just as such a bird drinks the water of the sea to quench its thirst, so 
I have touched only a drop of the ocean of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's 
pastimes. From this example, you may all understand how expansive are 
the pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.92
 
TEXT 92
 
TEXT
 
'ami likhi', -- eha mithya kari anumana
amara sarira kastha-putali-samana
SYNONYMS
 
ami likhi -- I write; eha mithya -- this is false; kari anumana -- I can 
infer; amara sarira -- my body; kastha-putali-samana -- is exactly like 
a wooden doll.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I infer that "I have written" is a false understanding, for my body is 
like a wooden doll.
 
Antya 20.93
 
TEXT 93
 
TEXT
 
vrddha jaratura ami andha, badhira
hasta hale, mano-buddhi nahe mora sthira
SYNONYMS
 
vrddha -- an old man; jara-atura -- troubled by invalidity; ami -- I; 
andha -- blind; badhira -- deaf; hasta hale -- my hands tremble; manah-
buddhi -- mind and intelligence; nahe -- not; mora -- my; sthira -- 
steady.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I am old and troubled by invalidity. I am almost blind and deaf, my 
hands tremble, and my mind and intelligence are unsteady.
 
Antya 20.94
 
TEXT 94
 
TEXT
 
nana-roga-grasta, -- calite vasite na pari
panca-roga-pida-vyakula, ratri-dine mari
SYNONYMS
 
nana-roga-grasta -- infected with so many diseases; calite -- to walk; 
vasite -- to sit down; na pari -- I am not properly able; panca-roga-
pida-vyakula -- always disturbed by five kinds of disease; ratri-dine -- 
day or night; mari -- I can die any time.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I am infected with so many diseases that I can neither properly walk nor 
properly sit. Indeed, I am always exhausted by five kinds of diseases. I 
may die at any time of the day or night.
 
Antya 20.95
 
TEXT 95
 
TEXT
 
purve granthe iha kariyachi nivedana
tathapi likhiye, suna ihara karana
SYNONYMS
 
purve -- previously; granthe -- in the book; iha -- this; kariyachi 
nivedana -- I have submitted to the readers; tathapi -- still; likhiye --
 I write; suna -- please hear; ihara karana -- the reason for this.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have previously given an account of my inabilities. Please hear the 
reason why I nevertheless still write.
 
Antya 20.96–98
 
TEXTS 96–98
 
TEXT
 
sri-govinda, sri-caitanya, sri-nityananda
sri-advaita, sri-bhakta, ara sri-srotr-vrnda
sri-svarupa, sri-rupa, sri-sanatana
sri-raghunatha-dasa sri-guru, sri-jiva-carana
inha-sabara carana-krpaya lekhaya amare
ara eka haya, -- tenho ati-krpa kare
SYNONYMS
 
sri-govinda -- Sri Govindadeva; sri-caitanya -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
sri-nityananda -- Lord Nityananda; sri-advaita -- Advaita Acarya; sri-
bhakta -- other devotees; ara -- also; sri-srotr-vrnda -- the readers of 
this book; sri-svarupa -- Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; sri-rupa -- Sri Rupa 
Gosvami; sri-sanatana -- Sri Sanatana Gosvami; sri-raghunatha-dasa -- 
Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; sri-guru -- my spiritual master; sri-jiva-
carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Jiva Gosvami; inha sabara -- of all of 
them; carana-krpaya -- by the mercy of the lotus feet; lekhaya -- causes 
to write; amare -- me; ara eka -- another one; haya -- there is; tenho --
 He; ati-krpa kare -- shows me very great favor.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I am writing this book by the mercy of the lotus feet of Sri Govindadeva,
 Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, Lord Nityananda, Advaita Acarya, other 
devotees and the readers of this book, as well as Svarupa Damodara 
Gosvami, Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha dasa 
Gosvami, who is my spiritual master, and Sri Jiva Gosvami. I have also 
been specifically favored by another Supreme Personality.
 
Antya 20.99
 
TEXT 99
 
TEXT
 
sri-madana-gopala more lekhaya ajna kari'
kahite na yuyaya, tabu rahite na pari
SYNONYMS
 
sri-madana-gopala -- the Madana-mohana Deity of Vrndavana; more -- me; 
lekhaya -- causes to write; ajna kari' -- by giving the order; kahite -- 
to say; na yuyaya -- is not befitting; tabu -- still; rahite -- to 
remain silent; na pari -- I am not able.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Madana-mohana Deity of Vrndavana has given the order that is making 
me write. Although this should not be disclosed, I disclose it because I 
am unable to remain silent.
 
Antya 20.100
 
TEXT 100
 
TEXT
 
na kahile haya mora krta-ghnata-dosa
dambha kari bali' srota, na kariha rosa
SYNONYMS
 
na kahile -- if I do not say; haya -- there is; mora -- my; krta-ghnata-
dosa -- fault of ingratitude; dambha kari -- I am proud; bali' -- taking 
as; srota -- O readers; na kariha rosa -- do not be angry.
 
TRANSLATION
 
If I did not disclose this fact, I would be guilty of ingratitude to the 
Lord. Therefore, my dear readers, please do not consider me too proud 
and be angry at me.
 
Antya 20.101
 
TEXT 101
 
TEXT
 
toma-sabara carana-dhuli karinu vandana
tate caitanya-lila haila ye kichu likhana
SYNONYMS
 
toma-sabara -- of all of you; carana-dhuli -- the dust of the feet; 
karinu vandana -- I have prayed to; tate -- for that reason; caitanya-
lila -- the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; haila -- there was;
 ye -- whatever; kichu -- some; likhana -- writing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
It is because I have offered my prayers unto the lotus feet of all of 
you that whatever I have written about Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu has been 
possible.
 
Antya 20.102
 
TEXT 102
 
TEXT
 
ebe antya-lila-ganera kari anuvada
'anuvada' kaile pai lilara ‘asvada'
SYNONYMS
 
ebe -- now; antya-lila-ganera kari anuvada -- I beg to repeat all the 
facts of this Antya-lila; anuvada kaile -- if it is repeated; pai -- I 
get; lilara -- of the pastime; asvada -- taste.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Now let me repeat all the pastimes of the Antya-lila, for if I do so I 
shall taste the pastimes again.
 
Antya 20.103
 
TEXT 103
 
TEXT
 
prathama paricchede -- rupera dvitiya-milana
tara madhye dui-natakera vidhana-sravana
SYNONYMS
 
prathama paricchede -- in the First Chapter; rupera -- of Rupa Gosvami; 
dvitiya-milana -- the second meeting with Lord Caitanya; tara madhye -- 
within that chapter; dui-natakera -- of the two dramas; vidhana-sravana -
- hearing of the process of writing.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The First Chapter describes how Rupa Gosvami met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
for the second time and how the Lord heard his two dramas [Vidagdha-
madhava and Lalita-madhava].
 
Antya 20.104
 
TEXT 104
 
TEXT
 
tara madhye sivananda-sange kukkura aila
prabhu tare krsna kahana mukta karila
SYNONYMS
 
tara madhye -- in that chapter; sivananda-sange -- with Sivananda Sena; 
kukkura -- the dog; aila -- came; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
tare -- unto him (the dog); krsna kahana -- inducing to chant Krsna; 
mukta karila -- liberated.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That chapter also describes the incident of Sivananda Sena's dog, who 
was induced by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu to chant the holy name of Krsna 
and was thus liberated.
 
Antya 20.105
 
TEXT 105
 
TEXT
 
dvitiye -- chota-haridase karaila siksana
tara madhye sivanandera ascarya darsana
SYNONYMS
 
dvitiye -- in the Second Chapter; chota-haridase -- Junior Haridasa; 
karaila siksana -- He taught very strictly; tara madhye -- within that 
chapter; sivanandera -- of Sivananda Sena; ascarya darsana -- the 
wonderful vision.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Second Chapter tells how the Lord instructively punished Junior 
Haridasa. Also in that chapter is a description of the wonderful vision 
of Sivananda Sena.
 
Antya 20.106
 
TEXT 106
 
TEXT
 
trtiye -- haridasera mahima pracanda
damodara-pandita kaila prabhure vakya-danda
SYNONYMS
 
trtiye -- in the Third Chapter; haridasera -- of Thakura Haridasa; 
mahima pracanda -- very forceful glories; damodara-pandita -- Damodara 
Pandita; kaila -- made; prabhure -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; vakya-danda 
-- impudence of chastising by words.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Third Chapter is a description of the forceful glories of 
Haridasa Thakura. That chapter also mentions how Damodara Pandita spoke 
words of criticism to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.107
 
TEXT 107
 
TEXT
 
prabhu ‘nama' diya kaila brahmanda-mocana
haridasa karila namera mahima-sthapana
SYNONYMS
 
prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nama diya -- delivering the holy name;
 kaila -- did; brahmanda-mocana -- the liberation of the universe; 
haridasa -- Haridasa; karila -- did; namera -- of the holy name; mahima-
sthapana -- the establishment of the glories.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Third Chapter also tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu delivered 
everyone by bestowing upon the universe the holy name of the Lord, and 
it describes how Haridasa Thakura established the glories of the holy 
name by his practical example.
 
Antya 20.108
 
TEXT 108
 
TEXT
 
caturthe -- sri-sanatanera dvitiya-milana
deha-tyaga haite tanra karila raksana
SYNONYMS
 
caturthe -- in the Fourth Chapter; sri-sanatanera -- of Sanatana Gosvami;
 dvitiya-milana -- visiting for the second time; deha-tyaga haite -- 
from committing suicide; tanra karila raksana -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
protected him.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Fourth Chapter describes Sanatana Gosvami's second visit with Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu and how the Lord saved him from committing suicide.
 
Antya 20.109
 
TEXT 109
 
TEXT
 
jyaistha-masera dhupe tanre kaila pariksana
sakti sancariya punah pathaila vrndavana
SYNONYMS
 
jyaistha-masera -- of the month of May-June; dhupe -- in the sunshine; 
tanre -- him; kaila -- did; pariksana -- examining; sakti -- potency; 
sancariya -- giving him; punah -- again; pathaila vrndavana -- sent back 
to Vrndavana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Fourth Chapter also tells how Sanatana Gosvami was tested in the 
sunshine of Jyaistha [May-June] and was then empowered and sent back 
to Vrndavana.
 
Antya 20.110
 
TEXT 110
 
TEXT
 
pancame -- pradyumna-misre prabhu krpa karila
raya-dvara krsna-katha tanre sunaila
SYNONYMS
 
pancame -- in the Fifth Chapter; pradyumna-misre -- unto Pradyumna Misra;
 prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa karila -- showed mercy; raya-
dvara -- with the help of Ramananda Raya; krsna-katha -- topics of Krsna;
 tanre sunaila -- made him hear.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Fifth Chapter tells how the Lord showed His favor to Pradyumna 
Misra and made him hear topics of Krsna from Ramananda Raya.
 
Antya 20.111
 
TEXT 111
 
TEXT
 
tara madhye ‘bangala'-kavira nataka-upeksana
svarupa-gosani kaila vigrahera mahima-sthapana
SYNONYMS
 
tara madhye -- within that chapter; bangala-kavira -- of a poet from 
Bengal; nataka-upeksana -- the rejection of the drama; svarupa-gosani -- 
Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; kaila -- did; vigrahera -- of the Deity; 
mahima-sthapana -- the establishment of the glories.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That chapter also describes how Svarupa Damodara Gosvami rejected the 
drama of a poet from Bengal and established the glories of the Deity.
 
Antya 20.112
 
TEXT 112
 
TEXT
 
sasthe -- raghunatha-dasa prabhure milila
nityananda-ajnaya cida-mahotsava kaila
SYNONYMS
 
sasthe -- in the Sixth Chapter; raghunatha-dasa -- Raghunatha dasa 
Gosvami; prabhure milila -- met Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nityananda-
ajnaya -- by the order of Nityananda Prabhu; cida-mahotsava kaila -- 
performed the festival of chipped rice.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Sixth Chapter describes how Raghunatha dasa Gosvami met Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu and performed the chipped rice festival in accordance with 
Nityananda Prabhu's order.
 
Antya 20.113
 
TEXT 113
 
TEXT
 
damodara-svarupa-thani tanre samarpila
'govardhana-sila', ‘gunja-mala' tanre dila
SYNONYMS
 
damodara-svarupa-thani -- to the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; tanre 
samarpila -- the Lord entrusted him; govardhana-sila -- the stone from 
Govardhana Hill; gunja-mala -- the garland of small conchshells; tanre 
dila -- delivered to him.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That chapter also tells how the Lord entrusted Raghunatha dasa Gosvami 
to the care of Svarupa Damodara Gosvami and gave Raghunatha dasa the 
gift of a stone from Govardhana Hill and a garland of small conchshells.
 
Antya 20.114
 
TEXT 114
 
TEXT
 
saptama-paricchede -- vallabha bhattera milana
nana-mate kaila tanra garva khandana
SYNONYMS
 
saptama-paricchede -- in the Seventh Chapter; vallabha bhattera milana --
 the meeting of Vallabha Bhatta with Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; nana-mate -
- in various ways; kaila -- did; tanra -- his; garva -- pride; khandana -
- dismantling.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Seventh Chapter tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu met Vallabha 
Bhatta and dismantled his false pride in various ways.
 
Antya 20.115
 
TEXT 115
 
TEXT
 
astame -- ramacandra-purira agamana
tanra bhaye kaila prabhu bhiksa sankocana
SYNONYMS
 
astame -- in the Eighth Chapter; ramacandra-purira agamana -- the 
arrival of Ramacandra Puri; tanra bhaye -- because of fear of him; kaila 
-- did; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; bhiksa sankocana -- 
minimizing His eating.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Eighth Chapter describes the arrival of Ramacandra Puri and how Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu minimized His eating due to fear of him.
 
Antya 20.116
 
TEXT 116
 
TEXT
 
navame -- gopinatha-pattanayaka-mocana
trijagatera loka prabhura paila darasana
SYNONYMS
 
navame -- in the Ninth Chapter; gopinatha-pattanayaka-mocana -- the 
deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka, the brother of Ramananda Raya; tri-
jagatera -- of the three worlds; loka -- the people in general; prabhura 
-- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; paila darasana -- got the audience.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Ninth Chapter is a description of how Gopinatha Pattanayaka was 
delivered and how the people of the three worlds were able to see Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.117
 
TEXT 117
 
TEXT
 
dasame -- kahilun bhakta-datta-asvadana
raghava-panditera tahan jhalira sajana
SYNONYMS
 
dasame -- in the Tenth Chapter; kahilun -- I have described; bhakta-
datta-asvadana -- the tasting of the food given by the devotees; raghava-
panditera -- of Raghava Pandita; tahan -- therein; jhalira sajana -- the 
assortment in the bags.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Tenth Chapter I have described how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu tasted 
the food given by His devotees, and I have also described the 
assortment of prasadam in the bags of Raghava Pandita.
 
Antya 20.118
 
TEXT 118
 
TEXT
 
tara madhye govindera kaila pariksana
tara madhye parimunda-nrtyera varnana
SYNONYMS
 
tara madhye -- within that chapter; govindera -- of Govinda, His 
personal assistant; kaila -- did; pariksana -- testing; tara madhye -- 
in that chapter; parimunda-nrtyera varnana -- description of Lord 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu's dancing in the temple.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in that chapter is a description of how the Lord examined Govinda 
and how He danced in the temple.
 
Antya 20.119
 
TEXT 119
 
TEXT
 
ekadase -- haridasa-thakurera niryana
bhakta-vatsalya yahan dekhaila gaura bhagavan
SYNONYMS
 
ekadase -- in the Eleventh Chapter; haridasa-thakurera niryana -- the 
disappearance of Srila Haridasa Thakura; bhakta-vatsalya -- affection 
for the devotees; yahan -- wherein; dekhaila -- exhibited; gaura 
bhagavan -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Eleventh Chapter describes the disappearance of Haridasa Thakura and 
how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, showed 
His affection for His devotees.
 
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TEXT 120
 
TEXT
 
dvadase -- jagadanandera taila-bhanjana
nityananda kaila sivanandere tadana
SYNONYMS
 
dvadase -- in the Twelfth Chapter; jagadanandera -- of Jagadananda 
Pandita; taila-bhanjana -- breaking the oil pot; nityananda -- Lord 
Nityananda; kaila -- performed; sivanandere tadana -- the chastisement 
of Sivananda Sena.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Twelfth Chapter are descriptions of how Jagadananda Pandita broke 
a pot of oil and how Lord Nityananda chastised Sivananda Sena.
 
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TEXT 121
 
TEXT
 
trayodase -- jagadananda mathura yai' aila
mahaprabhu deva-dasira gita sunila
SYNONYMS
 
trayodase -- in the Thirteenth Chapter; jagadananda -- Jagadananda 
Pandita; mathura yai' -- going to Mathura; aila -- returned; mahaprabhu -
- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; deva-dasira -- of the deva-dasi dancing girl; 
gita sunila -- heard the song.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Thirteenth Chapter tells how Jagadananda Pandita went to Mathura 
and returned and how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu by chance heard a song 
sung by a deva-dasi dancing girl.
 
Antya 20.122
 
TEXT 122
 
TEXT
 
raghunatha-bhattacaryera tahani milana
prabhu tanre krpa kari' pathaila vrndavana
SYNONYMS
 
raghunatha-bhattacaryera -- of Raghunatha Bhatta; tahani -- there; 
milana -- meeting; prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tanre -- to him; 
krpa kari' -- showing causeless mercy; pathaila vrndavana -- sent to 
Vrndavana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in the Thirteenth Chapter is an account of how Raghunatha Bhatta 
met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who by His causeless mercy sent him to 
Vrndavana.
 
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TEXT 123
 
TEXT
 
caturdase -- divyonmada-arambha varnana
'sarira' etha prabhura, ‘mana' gela vrndavana
SYNONYMS
 
caturdase -- in the Fourteenth Chapter; divya-unmada-arambha -- the 
beginning of the spiritual trance of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; varnana -- 
describing; sarira -- the body; etha -- here; prabhura -- of Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- the mind; gela -- went; vrndavana -- to 
Vrndavana.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Fourteenth Chapter describes the beginning of the Lord's spiritual 
trance, in which His body was at Jagannatha Puri but His mind was in 
Vrndavana.
 
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TEXT 124
 
TEXT
 
tara madhye prabhura simha-dvare patana
asthi-sandhi-tyaga, anubhavera udgama
SYNONYMS
 
tara madhye -- in that chapter; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
simha-dvare patana -- falling down by the Simha-dvara gate; asthi-sandhi 
-- of the joints of the bones; tyaga -- release; anubhavera udgama -- 
the awakening of a trance and emotion.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in that chapter is a description of how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
fell down in front of the Simha-dvara gate of the Jagannatha temple, His 
bones separated at the joints, and how various transcendental symptoms 
awakened in Him.
 
Antya 20.125
 
TEXT 125
 
TEXT
 
cataka-parvata dekhi' prabhura dhavana
tara madhye prabhura kichu pralapa-varnana
SYNONYMS
 
cataka-parvata -- the hill known as Cataka-parvata; dekhi' -- seeing; 
prabhura dhavana -- the running of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; tara madhye -
- in that chapter; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kichu -- some;
 pralapa varnana -- talking like a madman.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in that chapter is a description of how Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu ran toward Cataka-parvata and spoke like a madman.
 
Antya 20.126
 
TEXT 126
 
TEXT
 
pancadasa-paricchede -- udyana-vilase
vrndavana-bhrame yahan karila pravese
SYNONYMS
 
pancadasa-paricchede -- in the Fifteenth Chapter; udyana-vilase -- in 
His pastimes within the garden; vrndavana-bhrame -- His mistaking the 
garden for Vrndavana; yahan -- where; karila pravese -- He entered.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Fifteenth Chapter is a description of how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
entered a garden on the seashore and mistook it 
for Vrndavana.
 
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TEXT 127
 
TEXT
 
tara madhye prabhura pancendriya-akarsana
tara madhye karila rase krsna-anvesana
SYNONYMS
 
tara madhye -- within that; prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
panca-indriya-akarsana -- the attraction of the five senses; tara madhye 
-- within that chapter; karila -- did; rase -- in the rasa dance; krsna-
anvesana -- searching for Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in that chapter is a description of the attraction of Lord Caitanya'
s five senses to Krsna and how He searched for Krsna in the rasa dance.
 
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TEXT 128
 
TEXT
 
sodase -- kalidase prabhu krpa karila
vaisnavocchista khaibara phala dekhaila
SYNONYMS
 
sodase -- in the Sixteenth Chapter; kalidase -- unto Kalidasa; 
prabhu -- Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krpa karila -- showed favor; vaisnava-
ucchista khaibara -- of eating the remnants of food left by Vaisnavas; 
phala dekhaila -- showed the result.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Sixteenth Chapter tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu showed His mercy 
to Kalidasa and thus demonstrated the result of eating the remnants of 
the food of Vaisnavas.
 
Antya 20.129
 
TEXT 129
 
TEXT
 
sivanandera balake sloka karaila
simha-dvare dvari prabhure krsna dekhaila
SYNONYMS
 
sivanandera -- of Sivananda Sena; balake -- the son; sloka karaila -- 
made to compose a verse; simha-dvare -- at the Simha-dvara gate of the 
Jagannatha temple; dvari -- the doorkeeper; prabhure -- unto Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; krsna dekhaila -- showed Lord Krsna.
 
TRANSLATION
 
It also describes how Sivananda's son composed a verse and how the 
doorkeeper of the Simha-dvara showed Krsna to Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu.
 
Antya 20.130
 
TEXT 130
 
TEXT
 
maha-prasadera tahan mahima varnila
krsnadharamrtera phala-sloka asvadila
SYNONYMS
 
maha-prasadera -- of the remnants of the food of the Lord, maha-prasadam;
 tahan -- there; mahima -- the glories; varnila -- described; krsna-
adhara-amrtera -- of the nectar from the lips of Krsna; phala-sloka -- 
the verse mentioning the result; asvadila -- tasted.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Also in that chapter, the glories of maha-prasadam are explained, and a 
verse is tasted describing the effect of nectar from the lips of Krsna.
 
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TEXT 131
 
TEXT
 
saptadase -- gabhi-madhye prabhura patana
kurmakara-anubhavera tahani udgama
SYNONYMS
 
saptadase -- in the Seventeenth Chapter; gabhi-madhye -- among the cows; 
prabhura patana -- the falling down of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; kurma-
akara-anubhavera -- of ecstatic emotion in the form of a tortoise; 
tahani -- there; udgama -- awakening.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Seventeenth Chapter recounts how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu fell 
among the cows and assumed the form of a tortoise as His ecstatic 
emotions awakened.
 
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TEXT 132
 
TEXT
 
krsnera sabda-gune prabhura mana akarsila
"ka stry anga te" slokera artha avese karila
SYNONYMS
 
krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; sabda-gune -- by the qualities of the sound; 
prabhura -- of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mana -- the mind; akarsila -- 
was attracted; ka stry anga te slokera -- of the verse beginning with 
the words ka stry anga te; artha -- the meaning; avese -- in ecstasy; 
karila -- described.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That chapter also tells how the attributes of Krsna's sound 
attracted the mind of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, who then described in 
ecstasy the meaning of the "ka stry anga te" verse.
 
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TEXT 133
 
TEXT
 
bhava-sabalye punah kaila pralapana
karnamrta-slokera artha kaila vivarana
SYNONYMS
 
bhava-sabalye -- from the aggregate of all ecstatic emotions; punah -- 
again; kaila pralapana -- He talked like a madman; karnamrta-slokera -- 
of a verse from Krsna-karnamrta; artha -- the meaning; kaila vivarana -- 
described in detail.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Seventeenth Chapter also tells how Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, due to 
the conjunction of various ecstatic emotions, 
again began speaking like a madman and described in detail the meaning 
of a verse from the Krsna-karnamrta.
 
Antya 20.134
 
TEXT 134
 
TEXT
 
astadasa paricchede -- samudre patana
krsna-gopi-jala-keli tahan darasana
SYNONYMS
 
astadasa paricchede -- in the Eighteenth Chapter; samudre patana -- the 
Lord's falling into the ocean; krsna-gopi-jala-keli -- the water 
pastimes of Krsna and the gopis; tahan darasana -- seeing there.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Eighteenth Chapter is an account of how the Lord fell into the 
ocean and in ecstasy saw in a dream the pastimes of a water fight 
between Krsna and the gopis.
 
Antya 20.135
 
TEXT 135
 
TEXT
 
tahani dekhila krsnera vanya-bhojana
jaliya uthaila, prabhu aila sva-bhavana
SYNONYMS
 
tahani -- there; dekhila -- He saw; krsnera -- of Krsna; vanya-bhojana --
 a picnic in the forest; jaliya -- a fisherman; uthaila -- caught Him; 
prabhu -- the Lord; aila -- returned; sva-bhavana -- to His own 
residence.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In that dream, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu saw Krsna's picnic in the forest. 
As Lord Caitanya floated in the sea, a fisherman caught Him, and then 
the Lord returned to His own residence. All this is recounted in the 
Eighteenth Chapter.
 
Antya 20.136
 
TEXT 136
 
TEXT
 
unavimse -- bhittye prabhura mukha-sangharsana
krsnera viraha-sphurti-pralapa-varnana
SYNONYMS
 
unavimse -- in the Nineteenth Chapter; bhittye -- on the walls; prabhura 
mukha-sangharsana -- the rubbing of the face of the Lord; krsnera viraha-
sphurti -- the awakening of separation from Krsna; pralapa-varnana -- 
and talking like a crazy person.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In the Nineteenth Chapter is a description of how Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu rubbed His face against the walls and spoke like a madman 
because of separation from Krsna.
 
Antya 20.137
 
TEXT 137
 
TEXT
 
vasanta-rajanite puspodyane viharana
krsnera saurabhya-slokera artha-vivarana
SYNONYMS
 
vasanta-rajanite -- on a spring night; puspa-udyane -- in a flower 
garden; viharana -- the wandering; krsnera -- of Lord Krsna; saurabhya-
slokera -- of a verse about the bodily fragrance; artha-vivarana -- 
describing the meaning.
 
TRANSLATION
 
That chapter also describes Krsna's wandering in a garden on a spring 
night, and it fully describes the meaning of a verse about the scent of 
Krsna's body.
 
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TEXT 138
 
TEXT
 
vimsa-paricchede -- nija-‘siksastaka' padiya
tara artha asvadila premavista hana
SYNONYMS
 
vimsa-paricchede -- in the Twentieth Chapter; nija-siksastaka padiya -- 
reciting His own Siksastaka verses; tara artha -- their meaning; 
asvadila -- tasted; prema-avista hana -- being absorbed in ecstatic love.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Twentieth Chapter tells how Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu recited 
His own eight stanzas of instruction and tasted their meaning in 
ecstatic love.
 
Antya 20.139
 
TEXT 139
 
TEXT
 
bhakte sikhaite yei siksastaka kahila
sei slokastakera artha punah asvadila
SYNONYMS
 
bhakte -- the devotees; sikhaite -- to teach; yei -- that which; siksa-
astaka -- eight instructions; kahila -- described; sei sloka-astakera -- 
of the same eight verses; artha -- the meaning; punah asvadila -- again 
He tasted.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu composed those eight stanzas to instruct the 
devotees, but He also personally tasted their meaning.
 
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TEXT 140
 
TEXT
 
mukhya-mukhya-lilara artha karilun kathana
'anuvada' haite smare grantha-vivarana
SYNONYMS
 
mukhya-mukhya-lilara -- of the chief pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu; artha -- the meaning; karilun -- have done; kathana -- 
describing; anuvada haite -- by repeating; smare -- one 
remembers; grantha-vivarana -- the description in the book.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I have thus repeated the principal pastimes and their meaning, for by 
such repetition one can remember the descriptions in the book.
 
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TEXT 141
 
TEXT
 
eka eka paricchedera katha -- aneka-prakara
mukhya-mukhya kahilun, katha na yaya vistara
SYNONYMS
 
eka eka paricchedera -- of every chapter; katha -- description; aneka-
prakara -- different varieties; mukhya-mukhya kahilun -- I have repeated 
only the principal ones; katha -- discussions; na yaya -- not possible; 
vistara -- expansion.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In every chapter there are various topics, but I have repeated only 
those that are principal, for not all of them could be described again.
 
Antya 20.142–143
 
TEXTS 142–143
 
TEXT
 
sri-radha-saha ‘sri-madana-mohana'
sri-radha-saha ‘sri-govinda'-carana
sri-radha-saha srila ‘sri-gopinatha'
ei tina thakura haya ‘gaudiyara natha'
SYNONYMS
 
sri-radha-saha -- with Srimati Radharani; sri-madana-mohana -- the Deity 
Madana-mohanaji; sri-radha-saha -- with Srimati Radharani; sri-govinda-
carana -- the lotus feet of Sri Govindaji; sri-radha-saha -- with 
Srimati Radharani; srila sri-gopinatha -- the all-beautiful and opulent 
Gopinathaji; ei tina -- all these three; thakura -- Deities; haya -- are;
 gaudiyara natha -- worshipable by all the Gaudiya Vaisnavas.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The Vrndavana Deities of Madana-mohana with Srimati Radharani, Govinda 
with Srimati Radharani, and Gopinatha with Srimati Radharani are the 
life and soul of the Gaudiya Vaisnavas.
 
Antya 20.144–146
 
TEXTS 144–146
 
TEXT
 
sri-krsna-caitanya, sri-yuta nityananda
sri-advaita-acarya, sri-gaura-bhakta-vrnda
sri-svarupa, sri-rupa, sri-sanatana
sri-guru sri-raghunatha, sri-jiva-carana
nija-sire dhari' ei sabara carana
yaha haite haya saba vanchita-purana
SYNONYMS
 
sri-krsna-caitanya -- Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-yuta nityananda -
- Lord Nityananda; sri-advaita-acarya -- Sri Advaita Prabhu; sri-gaura-
bhakta-vrnda -- the devotees of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; sri-svarupa -- 
Svarupa Damodara Gosvami; sri-rupa -- Sri Rupa Gosvami; sri-sanatana -- 
Srila Sanatana Gosvami; sri-guru -- the spiritual master; sri-raghunatha 
-- Raghunatha dasa Gosvami; sri-jiva-carana -- the lotus feet of Srila 
Jiva Gosvami; nija-sire dhari' -- catching on my head; ei sabara carana -
- the lotus feet of all of them; yaha haite -- by which action; haya -- 
there is; saba -- all; vanchita-purana -- the fulfilling of desires.
 
TRANSLATION
 
So that my desires may be fulfilled, I place the lotus feet of these 
personalities on my head: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, with Lord 
Nityananda, Advaita Acarya and Their devotees, as well as Sri Svarupa 
Damodara Gosvami, Sri Rupa Gosvami, Sri Sanatana Gosvami, Sri Raghunatha 
dasa Gosvami, who is my spiritual master, and Srila Jiva Gosvami.
 
PURPORT
 
Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami was the instructing spiritual master of 
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami and has therefore been described as sri-guru.
 
Antya 20.147
 
TEXT 147
 
TEXT
 
sabara carana-krpa -- ‘guru upadhyayi'
mora vani -- sisya, tare bahuta nacai
SYNONYMS
 
sabara -- of all of them; carana-krpa -- the mercy of the lotus feet; 
guru upadhyayi -- my teacher of Vedic instruction; mora vani -- my words;
 sisya -- the disciples; tare -- them; bahuta nacai -- I made dance in 
various ways.
 
TRANSLATION
 
The mercy of their lotus feet is my spiritual master, and my words are 
my disciples, whom I have made dance in various ways.
 
PURPORT
 
Upadhyayi, or upadhyaya, refers to one who teaches when approached (
upetya adhiyate asmat). In the Manu-samhita it is said:
 
eka-desam tu vedasya vedangany api va punah
yo ‘dhyapayati vrtty-artham upadhyayah sa ucyate
 
 
 
"One who teaches others a part of the Vedas or literatures supplementary 
to the Vedas may be called upadhyaya." Upadhyaya also refers to one who 
teaches art.
 
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TEXT 148
 
TEXT
 
sisyara srama dekhi' guru nacana rakhila
'krpa' na nacaya, ‘vani' vasiya rahila
SYNONYMS
 
sisyara -- of the disciples; srama -- the fatigue; dekhi' -- seeing; 
guru -- the spiritual master; nacana rakhila -- stopped causing the 
dancing; krpa -- mercy; na nacaya -- does not make dance; vani -- the 
words; vasiya -- sitting down; rahila -- remain silent.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Seeing the fatigue of the disciples, the spiritual master has stopped 
making them dance, and because that mercy no longer makes them dance, my 
words now sit silently.
 
Antya 20.149
 
TEXT 149
 
TEXT
 
anipuna vani apane nacite na jane
yata nacaila, naci' karila visrame
SYNONYMS
 
anipuna vani -- inexperienced words; apane -- by themselves; nacite -- 
to dance; na -- not; jane -- know how; yata -- whatever; nacaila -- 
caused to dance; naci' -- after dancing; karila visrame -- took rest.
 
TRANSLATION
 
My inexperienced words do not know how to dance by themselves. The mercy 
of the guru made them dance as much as possible, and now, after dancing, 
they have taken rest.
 
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TEXT 150
 
TEXT
 
saba srota-ganera kari carana vandana
yan-sabara carana-krpa -- subhera karana
SYNONYMS
 
saba -- all; srota-ganera -- of the readers; kari -- I do; carana 
vandana -- worshiping the lotus feet; yan-sabara -- of all of whom; 
carana-krpa -- the mercy of the lotus feet; subhera karana -- the cause 
of all good fortune.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I now worship the lotus feet of all my readers, for by the mercy of 
their lotus feet there is all good fortune.
 
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TEXT 151
 
TEXT
 
Caitanya-caritamrta yei jana sune
tanra carana dhuna karon muni pane
SYNONYMS
 
Caitanya-caritamrta -- the description of Lord Sri Caitanya's pastimes; 
yei jana sune -- anyone who hears; tanra carana -- his lotus feet; dhuna 
-- washing; karon -- do; muni -- I; pane -- drinking.
 
TRANSLATION
 
If one hears the pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as described 
in Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, I wash his lotus feet and drink the water.
 
Antya 20.152
 
TEXT 152
 
TEXT
 
srotara pada-renu karon mastaka-bhusana
tomara e-amrta pile saphala haila srama
SYNONYMS
 
srotara -- of the audience; pada-renu -- the dust of the lotus feet; 
karon -- I make; mastaka-bhusana -- a decoration on my head; tomara -- 
all of you; e-amrta -- this nectar; pile -- having drunk; sa-phala -- 
successful; haila -- has become; srama -- my labor.
 
TRANSLATION
 
I decorate my head with the dust of the lotus feet of my audience. Now 
you have all drunk this nectar, and therefore my labor is successful.
 
Antya 20.153
 
TEXT 153
 
TEXT
 
sri-rupa-raghunatha-pade yara asa
caitanya-caritamrta kahe krsnadasa
SYNONYMS
 
sri-rupa -- Srila Rupa Gosvami; raghunatha -- Srila Raghunatha dasa 
Gosvami; pade -- at the lotus feet; yara -- whose; asa -- expectation; 
Caitanya-caritamrta -- the book named Caitanya-caritamrta; kahe -- 
describes; krsnadasa -- Srila Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Praying at the lotus feet of Sri Rupa and Sri Raghunatha, always 
desiring their mercy, I, Krsnadasa, narrate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, 
following in their footsteps.
 
Antya 20.154
 
TEXT 154
 
TEXT
 
caritam amrtam etac chrila-caitanya-visnoh
 subha-dam asubha-nasi sraddhayasvadayed yah
tad-amala-pada-padme bhrngatam etya so ‘yam
 rasayati rasam uccaih prema-madhvika-puram
SYNONYMS
 
caritam -- the character and activities; amrtam -- nectarean; etat -- 
this; srila -- most opulent; caitanya -- Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu; 
visnoh -- of Him who is Lord Visnu Himself, the Supreme Personality of 
Godhead; subha-dam -- giving auspiciousness; asubha-nasi -- 
destroying all inauspiciousness; sraddhaya -- with faith and love; 
asvadayet -- should taste; yah -- anyone who; tat-amala-pada-padme -- at 
the spotless lotus feet of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; bhrngatam 
etya -- becoming like a bumblebee; sah -- that person; ayam -- this; 
rasayati -- tastes; rasam -- transcendental mellow; uccaih -- a large 
quantity; prema-madhvika -- of the wine of ecstatic love; puram -- full.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta is filled with the activities of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu, who is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. It 
invokes all good fortune and destroys everything inauspicious. If one 
tastes the nectar of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta with faith and love, I 
become like a bumblebee tasting the honey of transcendental love from 
his lotus feet.
 
Antya 20.155
 
TEXT 155
 
TEXT
 
sriman-madana-gopala-
 govindadeva -tustaye
caitanyarpitam astv etac
 caitanya-caritamrtam
SYNONYMS
 
srimat -- all-beautiful; madana-gopala -- of the Madana-mohana 
Deity; govinda-deva -- of the Sri Govindadeva Deity in Vrndavana; 
tustaye -- for the satisfaction; caitanya-arpitam -- offered to Sri 
Caitanya Mahaprabhu; astu -- let it be; etat -- this book; caitanya-
caritamrtam -- containing the nectarean activities of Lord Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Since this book, Caitanya-caritamrta, is now complete, having been 
written for the satisfaction of the most opulent Deities Madana-mohanaji 
and Govindaji, let it be offered at the lotus feet of Sri Krsna 
Caitanyadeva.
 
Antya 20.156
 
TEXT 156
 
TEXT
 
parimala-vasita-bhuvanam
 sva-rasonmadita-rasajna-rolambam
giridhara-caranambhojam
 kah khalu rasikah samihate hatum
SYNONYMS
 
parimala -- with the scent; vasita -- perfumed; bhuvanam -- the whole 
world; sva-rasa-unmadita -- inspired by their own mellows; rasa-jna -- 
devotees; rolambam -- like bumblebees; giridhara-carana-ambhojam -- the 
lotus feet of Lord Giridhari; kah -- who; khalu -- certainly; rasikah -- 
a realized soul; samihate hatum -- endeavors to give up.
 
TRANSLATION
 
Realized devotees are like bumblebees maddened by their own mellows at 
Krsna's lotus feet. The scent of those lotus feet perfumes the entire 
world. Who is the realized soul that could give them up?
 
Antya 20.157
 
TEXT 157
 
TEXT
 
sake sindhv-agni-vanendau
 jyaisthe vrndavanantare
suryahe ‘sita-pancamyam
 grantho ‘yam purnatam gatah
SYNONYMS
 
sake -- in the Sakabda Era; sindhu-agni-vana-indau -- in 1537; 
jyaisthe -- in the month of Jyaistha (May-June); vrndavana-antare -- in 
the forest of Vrndavana; surya-ahe -- on the day of the sun (Sunday); 
asita-pancamyam -- on the fifth day of the dark fortnight; granthah -- 
book; ayam -- this (Caitanya-caritamrta); purnatam -- completion; gatah -
- achieved.
 
TRANSLATION
 
In Vrndavana in the year 1537 Sakabda Era [A.D 1615], in the month of 
Jyaistha [May-June], on Sunday, the fifth day of the waning moon, this 
Caitanya-caritamrta has been completed.
 
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, 
Antya-lila, Twentieth Chapter, describing the meaning of the Siksastaka 
and how the Lord tasted it Himself.
 
 
END OF THE ANTYA-LILA
 
Antya Concluding Words
 
Concluding Words
 
Today, Sunday, November 10, 1974–corresponding to the 10th of 
Kartika, Caitanya Era 488, the eleventh day of the dark fortnight, the 
Rama-ekadasi-we have now finished the English translation of Sri 
Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami's Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in accordance with 
the authorized order of His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati 
Thakura Gosvami Maharaja, my beloved eternal spiritual master, guide and 
friend. Although according to material vision His Divine Grace Srila 
Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura Prabhupada passed away from this 
material world on the last day of December, 1936, I still consider His 
Divine Grace to be always present with me by his vani, his words. There 
are two ways of association-by vani and by vapuh. Vani means words, 
and vapuh means physical presence. Physical presence is sometimes 
appreciable and sometimes not, but vani continues to exist eternally. 
Therefore we must take advantage of the vani, not the physical presence. 
The Bhagavad-gita, for example, is the vani of Lord Krsna. Although 
Krsna was personally present five thousand years ago and is no longer 
physically present from the materialistic point of view, the Bhagavad-
gita continues.
 
In this connection we may call to memory the time when I was fortunate 
enough to meet His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, sometime in the year 
1922. Srila Prabhupada had come to Calcutta from Sridhama Mayapur to 
start the missionary activities of the Gaudiya Matha. He was sitting in 
a house at Ulta Danga when through the inducement of an intimate friend, 
the late Sriman Narendranath Mullik, I had the opportunity to meet His 
Divine Grace for the first time. I do not remember the actual date of 
the meeting, but at that time I was one of the managers of Dr. Bose's 
laboratory in Calcutta. I was a newly married young man, addicted to 
Gandhi's movement and dressed in khadi. Fortunately, even at our first 
meeting His Divine Grace advised me to preach the cult of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu in English in the Western countries. Because at that time I 
was a complete nationalist, a follower of Mahatma Gandhi's, I submitted 
to His Divine Grace that unless our country were freed from foreign 
subjugation, no one would hear the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
seriously. Of course, we had some argument on this subject, but at last 
I was defeated and convinced that Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's message is 
the only panacea for suffering humanity. I was also convinced that the 
message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was then in the hands of a very 
expert devotee and that surely the message of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
would spread all over the world. I could not, however, immediately take 
up his instructions to preach, but I took his words very seriously and 
was always thinking of how to execute his order, although I was quite 
unfit to do so.
 
In this way I passed my life as a householder until 1950, when I retired 
from family life as a vanaprastha. With no companion, I loitered here 
and there until 1958, when I took sannyasa. Then I was completely ready 
to discharge the order of my spiritual master. Previously, in 1936, just 
before His Divine Grace passed away at Jagannatha Puri, I wrote him a 
letter asking what I could do to serve him. In reply, he wrote me a 
letter, dated 13 December 1936, ordering me, in the same way, to preach 
in English the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu as I had heard it from 
him.
 
After he passed away, I started the fortnightly magazine Back to Godhead 
sometime in 1944 and tried to spread the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu 
through this magazine. After I took sannyasa, a well-wishing friend 
suggested that I write books instead of magazines. Magazines, he said, 
might be thrown away, but books remain perpetually. Then I attempted to 
write Srimad-Bhagavatam. Before that, when I was a householder, I had 
written on Srimad Bhagavad-gita and had completed about eleven hundred 
pages, but somehow or other the manuscript was stolen. In any case, when 
I had published Srimad-Bhagavatam, First Canto, in three volumes in 
India, I thought of going to the U.S.A. By the mercy of His Divine Grace,
 I was able to come to New York on September 17, 1965. Since then, I 
have translated many books, including Srimad-Bhagavatam, the Bhakti-
rasamrta-sindhu, Teachings of Lord Caitanya (a summary) and many others.
 
In the meantime, I was induced to translate Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and 
publish it in an elaborate version. In his leisure time in later life, 
His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura would simply read Sri 
Caitanya-caritamrta. It was his favorite book. He used to say that there 
would be a time when foreigners would learn the Bengali language to read 
the Caitanya-caritamrta. The work on this translation began about 
eighteen months ago. Now, by the grace of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and 
His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, it is finished. In 
this connection I have to thank my American disciples, especially Sriman 
Pradyumna dasa Adhikari, Sriman Nitai dasa Adhikari, Sriman Jayadvaita 
dasa Brahmacari and many other boys and girls who are sincerely helping 
me in writing, editing and publishing all these literatures.
 
I think that His Divine Grace Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura is 
always seeing my activities and guiding me within my heart by his words. 
As it is said in Srimad-Bhagavatam, tene brahma hrda ya adi-kavaye [SB 1.
1.1]. Spiritual inspiration comes from within the heart, wherein the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, in His Paramatma feature, is always 
sitting with all His devotees and associates. It is to be admitted that 
whatever translation work I have done is through the inspiration of my 
spiritual master, because personally I am most insignificant and 
incompetent to do this materially impossible work. I do not think myself 
a very learned scholar, but I have full faith in the service of my 
spiritual master, His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati 
Thakura. If there is any credit to my activities of translating, it is 
all due to His Divine Grace. Certainly if His Divine Grace were 
physically present at this time, it would have been a great occasion for 
jubilation, but even though he is not physically present, I am confident 
that he is very much pleased by this work of translation. He was very 
fond of seeing many books published to spread the Krsna consciousness 
movement. Therefore our society, the International Society for Krishna 
Consciousness, has been formed to execute the order of Sri Caitanya 
Mahaprabhu and His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura.
 
It is my wish that devotees of Lord Caitanya all over the world enjoy 
this translation, and I am glad to express my gratitude to the learned 
men in the Western countries who are so pleased with my work that they 
are ordering in advance all my books that will be published in the 
future. On this occasion, therefore, I request my disciples who are 
determined to help me in this work to continue their cooperation fully, 
so that philosophers, scholars, religionists and people in general all 
over the world will benefit by reading our transcendental literatures, 
such as Srimad-Bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta.
 
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, 
dated November 10, 1974, at the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Hare Krishna 
Land, Juhu, Bombay.
 