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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 15.21Antya 15.23

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.22

কৃষ্ণাঙ্গ — সৌরভভর, মৃগমদ-মদহর, নীলোৎপলের হরে গর্ব-ধন ।

জগৎ-নারীর নাসা, তার ভিতর পাতে বাসা, নারীগণে করে আকর্ষণ ॥ ২২ ॥

kṛṣṇāṅga — saurabhya-bhara, mṛga-mada-mada-hara,

nīlotpalera hare garva-dhana

jagat-nārīra nāsā, tāra bhitara pāte vāsā,

nārī-gaṇe kare ākarṣaṇa

Translation

“The fragrance of Kṛṣṇa’s body is more maddening than the aroma of musk, and it surpasses the fragrance of the bluish lotus flower. It enters the nostrils of all the women of the world and, making a nest there, thus attracts them.

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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 Fragrance Makes Its Home Within

  1. 1

    The fragrance of Kṛṣṇa’s body is more maddening than the aroma of musk.

  2. 2

    It also surpasses the fragrance of the bluish lotus flower. These comparisons describe its extraordinary attraction.

  3. 3

    His fragrance enters the nostrils of all the women of the world and makes a nest there. In this way, it attracts them.

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. saurabhya-bharafull of fragrance
  3. mṛga-madaof musk
  4. mada-haraintoxicating power
  5. nīlotpaleraof the bluish lotus flower
  6. haretakes away
  7. garva-dhanathe pride of the treasure
  8. jagat-nārīraof the women in the world
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of fragrance making a nest suggest about its hold on those who experience it?

Practice

Write one sentence explaining the image of Kṛṣṇa’s fragrance making a nest.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Fragrance Makes Its Home WithinThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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