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  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 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.18

ত্রিভঙ্গ-সুন্দর-দেহ, মুরলীবদন ।

পীতাম্বর, বনমালা, মদনমোহন ॥ ১৮ ॥

tribhaṅga-sundara-deha, muralī-vadana

pītāmbara, vana-mālā, madana-mohana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Lord Kṛṣṇa standing with His beautiful body curved in three places, holding His flute to His lips. Wearing yellow garments and garlands of forest flowers, He was enchanting even to Cupid.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Enchanting Beauty

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw Kṛṣṇa’s beautiful body curved in three places, with His flute held to His lips.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa wore yellow garments and garlands of forest flowers.

  3. 3

    His beauty was enchanting even to Cupid.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

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

When He was standing near the Garuḍa-stambha and praying to Lord Jagannātha, a woman from Orissa put her foot on the Lord’s shoulder in her great eagerness to see Lord Jagannātha. Govinda chastised her for this, but Caitanya Mahāprabhu praised her eagerness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tri-bhaṅgacurved in three places
  2. sundarabeautiful
  3. dehabody
  4. muralī-vadanawith a flute to the mouth
  5. pīta-ambarawith yellow garments
  6. vana-mālāforest flower garlands
  7. madana-mohanaenchanting Cupid
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail of Kṛṣṇa’s appearance helps you attend most closely to this description?

Practice

Choose one detail from the verse and spend a quiet moment remembering it.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Enchanting BeautyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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