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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 15.17 Antya 15.19

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.18

ইন্দ্রিয়ে না করি রোষ, ইঁহা-সবার কাহাঁ দোষ, কৃষ্ণরূপাদির মহা আকর্ষণ ।

রূপাদি পাঁচ পাঁচে টানে, গেল ঘোড়ার পরাণে, মোর দেহে না রহে জীবন ॥ ১৮ ॥

indriye nā kari roṣa, iṅhā-sabāra kāhāṅ doṣa,

kṛṣṇa-rūpādira mahā ākarṣaṇa

rūpādi pāṅca pāṅce ṭāne, gela ghoḍāra parāṇe,

mora dehe nā rahe jīvana

Translation

“My dear friend, if you say, ‘Just try to control Your senses,’ what shall I say? I cannot become angry at My senses. Is it their fault? Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, sound, touch, fragrance and taste are by nature extremely attractive. These five features are attracting My senses, and each wants to drag My mind in a different direction. In this way the life of My mind is in great danger, just like a horse ridden in five directions at once. Thus I am also in danger of dying.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Qualities Irresistibly Attract the Senses

1
The Lord considers a friend’s advice to control His senses, but He cannot become angry with them.
2
Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, sound, touch, fragrance and taste are by nature extremely attractive. The senses are not blamed for being drawn toward them.
3
Each sense wants to drag the mind in a different direction. The Lord describes this attraction as endangering both His mind and His life.

How it feels

Absorbed searching. The Lord lives the gopīs’ search for Kṛṣṇa with ecstatic transformations.

The mood of Antya 15 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again. On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

indriyeat the senses
nānot
kari roṣaI can be angry
iṅhā-sabāraof all of them
kāhāṅwhere
doṣafault
kṛṣṇa-rūpa-ādiraof Lord Kṛṣṇa’s beauty, sound, touch, fragrance and taste
mahāvery great

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Why does the Lord refuse to blame His senses for their attraction to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write down the five attractive features of Kṛṣṇa named in this verse.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Qualities Irresistibly Attract the SensesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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