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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.20Antya 15.22

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.21

কৃষ্ণ-অঙ্গ সুশীতল, কি কহিমু তার বল, ছটায় জিনে কোটীন্দু-চন্দন ।

সশৈল নারীর বক্ষ, তাহা আকর্ষিতে দক্ষ, আকর্ষয়ে নারীগণ-মন ॥ ২১ ॥

kṛṣṇa-aṅga suśītala, ki kahimu tāra bala,

chaṭāya jine koṭīndu-candana

saśaila nārīra vakṣa, tāhā ākarṣite dakṣa,

ākarṣaye nārī-gaṇa-mana

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body is so cool that it cannot be compared even to sandalwood pulp or to millions upon millions of moons. It expertly attracts the breasts of all women, which resemble high hills. Indeed, the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa attracts the minds of all women within the three worlds.

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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 Transcendental Body Is Incomparably Cool

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body is so cool that even sandalwood pulp cannot compare with it.

  2. 2

    Millions upon millions of moons also fail to match its coolness. His body attracts the breasts of all women, compared here to high hills.

  3. 3

    The verse concludes that Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body attracts the minds of all women within the three worlds.

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

Further reading

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.

  1. kṛṣṇa-aṅgathe body of Kṛṣṇa
  2. su-śītalavery cool
  3. ki kahimuwhat shall I say
  4. tāraof that
  5. balathe strength
  6. chaṭāyaby the rays
  7. jinesurpasses
  8. koṭi-indumillions upon millions of moons
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the comparisons with sandalwood pulp and countless moons convey about Kṛṣṇa’s body?

Practice

Reread the verse and note the two comparisons used to describe Kṛṣṇa’s incomparable coolness.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Transcendental Body Is Incomparably CoolThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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