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Shikshashtaka (Eight Stanzas of Instruction)
शिक्षाष्टकम्
Eight Sanskrit stanzas summing up Chaitanya's path. The first celebrates the congregational chanting of Krishna's name as the cleansing of the mirror of the mind; the second laments one's own lack of attachment despite the grace of the name; the third sets the singer's attitude, humbler than grass and more patient than a tree; the fourth asks for motiveless devotion; the last four shift to the voice of the separated lover, up to the final stanza, in which Radha accepts whatever the beloved chooses to do with her. It is the most recited prayer of Gaudiya Vaishnavism.
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Authorship note
It is the only work scholarship securely attributes to Chaitanya. Rupa Gosvamin, a direct disciple, collected its stanzas, ascribed to "Śrī Bhagavat", in his anthology Padyavali; Krishnadasa Kaviraja assembled them in canonical order in the Chaitanya Charitamrita (Antya-lila 20), presenting them as recited by the master in his last years. No autograph survives.
Editions and translations
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English
Siksastakam of Sri Caitanya
Mandala Publishing, 2006
Translation: Swami B. V. Tripurari
ISBN 9781932771848
Traducción y comentario.
Caitanya Caritāmṛta of Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja (Antya-lila 20)
Dept. of Sanskrit and Indian Studies, Harvard University, 1999
Translation: Edward C. Dimock Jr.
ISBN 9780674002852
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Sánscrito · संस्कृतम्
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Śikṣāṣṭakam (con traducciones inglesa e hindi)
The Conscious LibraryŚikṣāṣṭakam (con traducciones inglesa e hindi)
Rāṣṭriya Saṃskṛta Vidyāpīṭha / Rashtriya Sanskrit Vishvavidyalaya, 2007
Ficha de Open Library sin ISBN.
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
शिक्षाष्टकम् (texto en Wikisource)
The Conscious Libraryशिक्षाष्टकम् (texto en Wikisource)
Wikisource
Texto sánscrito en línea; dominio público.
Español
Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya-lila 20)
The Conscious LibraryCaitanya-caritāmṛta (Antya-lila 20)
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Argentina
Translation: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (versión española del BBT)
ISBN 9780956605108
Las estrofas con comentario dentro de la edición española del Chaitanya Charitamrita.
Other works by Chaitanya Mahaprabhu
- Stanzas attributed to Chaitanya in the Padyavali
- Chaitanya Charitamrita (Krishnadasa Kaviraja) · 1612
- Chaitanya Bhagavata (Vrindavana Dasa) · 1545
- Murari Gupta's notes (Śrīkṛṣṇacaitanyacaritāmṛtam)
- Chaitanya Charitamrita Mahakavya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1542
- Chaitanya Chandrodaya (Kavi Karnapura) · 1572
- Chaitanya Mangala (Lochana Dasa) · 1560
- Chaitanya Mangala (Jayananda) · 1560
- Teachings of Lord Chaitanya (A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami) · 1968
- Chaitanya and His Age (Dinesh Chandra Sen) · 1922
- The Chaitanya Movement (Melville T. Kennedy) · 1925
- The Final Word (Tony K. Stewart) · 2010
Sources
- «शिक्षाष्टकम्» (Śikṣāṣṭakam), texto sánscrito. Wikisource en sánscrito.
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