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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 3.44
আজানুলম্বিতভুজ কমললোচন ।
তিলফুল–জিনি–নাসা, সুধাংশু–বদন ॥ ৪৪ ॥
ājānulambita-bhuja kamala-locana
tilaphula-jini-nāsā, sudhāṁśu-vadana
His arms are long enough to reach His knees, His eyes are just like lotus flowers, His nose is like a sesame flower, and His face is as beautiful as the moon.
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His arms are long enough to reach His knees.
His eyes are like lotus flowers, and His nose is like a sesame flower.
His face is as beautiful as the moon.
Compassion and urgency. The holy name is offered for the age; divine love moves outward toward others.
The mood of Ādi 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He has described bodily symptoms in Lord Caitanya that are visible only in the person of the Supreme Lord, and he has proved that Lord Caitanya appeared with His personal associates — Śrī Nityānanda, Advaita, Gadādhara, Śrīvāsa and other devotees — to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa. The appearance of Lord Caitanya is both significant and confidential.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which comparison helps you most to appreciate the beauty described here?
Spend a quiet moment remembering the description of His eyes, nose and face.
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