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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord
Antya 1.157Antya 1.159

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.158

সুগন্ধৌ মাকন্দপ্রকরমকরন্দস্য মধুরে বিনিস্যন্দে বন্দীকৃতমধুপবৃন্দং মুহুরিদম্ ।

কৃতান্দোলং মন্দোন্নতিভিরনিলৈশ্চন্দনগিরে- র্মমানন্দং বৃন্দা-বিপিনমতুলং তুন্দিলয়তি ॥ ১৫৮ ॥

su-gandhau mākanda-prakara-makarandasya madhure

vinisyande vandī-kṛta-madhupa-vṛndaṁ muhur idam

kṛtāndolaṁ mandonnatibhir anilaiś candana-girer

mamānandaṁ vṛndā-vipinam atulaṁ tundilayati

Translation

“ ‘The sweet, fragrant honey oozing from newly grown mango buds is again and again attracting groups of bumblebees, and this forest is trembling in the softly moving breezes from the Malaya Hills, which are full of sandalwood trees. Thus the forest of Vṛndāvana is increasing My transcendental pleasure.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Vṛndāvana Increases Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Pleasure

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself speaks this description of the forest of Vṛndāvana.

  2. 2

    Sweet, fragrant honey from newly grown mango buds repeatedly attracts groups of bumblebees.

  3. 3

    Soft breezes from the sandalwood-filled Malaya Hills make the forest tremble. This forest increases Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pleasure.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse from the Vidagdha-mādhava (1.23) is spoken by Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.

The mood of Antya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 1: Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s Second Meeting with the Lord

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. su-gandhauin the fragrance
  2. mākanda-prakaraof the bunches of mango buds
  3. makarandasyaof the honey
  4. madhuresweet
  5. vinisyandein the oozing
  6. vandī-kṛtagrouped together
  7. madhupa-vṛndambumblebees
  8. muhuḥagain and again
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “vṛndāvana”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does knowing that Kṛṣṇa Himself enjoys this forest shape your reading of its beauty?

Practice

Reread the description today and identify two details that increase Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental pleasure.

Live this todayVṛndāvana Increases Kṛṣṇa’s Transcendental PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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