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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.186
সুবর্ণ–কুণ্ডল কর্ণে, স্বর্ণাঙ্গদ–বালা ।
পায়েতে নূপুর বাজে, কণ্ঠে পুষ্পমালা ॥ ১৮৬ ॥
suvarṇa-kuṇḍala karṇe, svarṇāṅgada-vālā
pāyete nūpura bāje, kaṇṭhe puṣpa-mālā
He wore golden earrings on His ears, and golden armlets and bangles. He wore tinkling anklets on His feet and a garland of flowers around His neck.
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He wore golden earrings, golden armlets and bangles.
He wore tinkling anklets on His feet.
A garland of flowers adorned His neck.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
In the Śvetadvīpa within every universe is a Śeṣa form of Godhead who serves Viṣṇu by assuming the form of His umbrella, slippers, couch, pillows, garments, residence, sacred thread, throne and so on. Lord Baladeva in Kṛṣṇaloka is Nityānanda Prabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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