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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.187
চন্দনলেপিত–অঙ্গ, তিলক সুঠাম ।
মত্তগজ জিনি’ মদ–মন্থর পয়ান ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
candana-lepita-aṅga, tilaka suṭhāma
matta-gaja jini’ mada-manthara payāna
His body was anointed with sandalwood pulp, and He was nicely decorated with tilaka. His movements surpassed those of a maddened elephant.
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His body was anointed with sandalwood pulp.
He was nicely decorated with tilaka.
His movements surpassed those of a maddened elephant.
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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What impression do His decorations and movements leave with you?
Take a moment to recall the sandalwood pulp, tilaka and striking movements described here.
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