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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 1.174Antya 1.176

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.175

সুররিপুসুদৃশামুরোজকোকা- ন্মুখকমলানি চ খেদয়ন্নখণ্ডঃ ।

চিরমখিলসুহৃচ্চকোরনন্দী দিশতু মুকুন্দযশঃশশী মুদং বঃ ॥ ১৭৫ ॥

sura-ripu-sudṛśām uroja-kokān

mukha-kamalāni ca khedayann akhaṇḍaḥ

ciram akhila-suhṛc-cakora-nandī

diśatu mukunda-yaśaḥ-śaśī mudaṁ vaḥ

Translation

“ ‘The beautiful moonlike glories of Mukunda give distress to the lotuslike faces of the wives of the demons and to their raised breasts, which are like gleaming cakravāka birds. Those glories, however, are pleasing to all His devotees, who are like cakora birds. May those glories forever give pleasure to you all.’”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mukunda’s Glories Give Devotees Pleasure

  1. 1

    This is the first verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava. It describes Mukunda’s beautiful glories as moonlike.

  2. 2

    Those glories distress the wives of the demons, whose faces are compared to lotuses and whose raised breasts are compared to gleaming cakravāka birds.

  3. 3

    The same glories please His devotees, who are compared to cakora birds. The verse prays that those glories may forever give pleasure to all its hearers.

Key points from the purport
  • This is the first verse of Act One of the Lalita-mādhava.

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:

After the period of Cāturmāsya, all the devotees who had come from Bengal returned to their homes. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, however, remained at Jagannātha Purī for some time.
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. sura-ripuof the enemies of the demigods
  2. sudṛśāmof the wives
  3. urojathe breasts
  4. kokānlike birds known as cakravāka birds
  5. mukhafaces
  6. kamalānilike lotuses
  7. caalso
  8. khedayandistressing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you in the prayer that Mukunda’s glories forever please the hearers?

Practice

Read the closing prayer aloud once, wishing that Mukunda’s glories may give pleasure to all.

Live this todayMukunda’s Glories Give Devotees 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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