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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.188
কোটিচন্দ্র জিনি’ মুখ উজ্জ্বল–বরণ ।
দাড়িম্ব–বীজ–সম দন্ত তাম্বুল–চর্বণ ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
koṭi-candra jini’ mukha ujjvala-varaṇa
dāḍimba-bīja-sama danta tāmbūla-carvaṇa
His face was more beautiful than millions upon millions of moons, and His teeth were like pomegranate seeds because of His chewing betel.
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His face was more beautiful than millions upon millions of moons.
His teeth were compared to pomegranate seeds.
The color of His teeth came from His chewing betel.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What impression does the comparison with millions of moons leave on you?
Read the description slowly once, pausing to reflect on His beauty.
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