CHAPTER 20
The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
The following summary study of the Twentieth Chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Thākura in his  Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya . Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of  Śikṣāṣṭaka  in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī's  Gīta-govinda , from  Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam , from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya's  Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka  or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Thākura's  Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta . In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, 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-caritāmṛta  gives a short description of the entire  Antya-līlā  and then ends his book.
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প্রেমোদ্ধাবিতহর্ষের্যোদ্ধেগদ্দৈস্যাতিমিশ্রিতম্ । লপিতং গৌরচন্দ্রস্ত ভাগ্যবদ্ধিনিষেব্যতে ॥ ১ ॥
premodbhāvita-harṣerṣyod- vega-dainyārti-miśritam lapitam gauracandrasya bhāgyavadbhir niṣevyate
SYNONYMS
prema-udbhāvita —produced from ecstatic love and emotion;  harṣa —jubilation;  īrṣyā —envy;  udvega —agitation;  dainya —submissiveness;  ārti —grief;  miśritam —mixed with;  lapitam —talks like those of a crazy man;  gauracandrasya —of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  bhāgyavadbhiḥ —by the most fortunate;  niṣevyate —is enjoyable.
TRANSLATION
Only the most fortunate will relish the mad words of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, which mixed with jubilation, envy, agitation, submissiveness and grief, all produced by ecstatic loving emotions.
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