Antya-līlāChapter 20: The Śikshāshtaka Prayers

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Antya 20.67-68

yei yei śloka jayadeva, bhāgavate

rāyera nātake, yei āra karnāmrite

sei sei bhāve śloka kariyā pathane

sei sei bhāvāveśe karena āsvādane

SYNONYMS

yei yei — whatever; śloka — verses; jayadevaJayadeva Gosvāmī; bhāgavatein Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam; rāyera nātakein the drama composed by Rāmānanda Rāya; yei — whatever; āra — also; karnāmritein the book named Krishna-karnāmrita, written by Bilvamańgala Thākura; sei sei bhāvein those ecstatic emotions; śloka — verses; kariyā pathane — reading regularly; sei seiin that particular; bhāva-āveśe — ecstatic love; karena āsvādaneHe tastes.

TRANSLATION

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read the verses of Jayadeva's Gīta-govinda, of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, of Rāmānanda Rāya's drama Jagannātha-vallabha-nātaka, and of Bilvamańgala Thākura's Krishna-karnāmrita, He was overwhelmed by the various ecstatic emotions of those verses. Thus He tasted their purports.

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