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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 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 15.33Antya 15.35

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.34

মালত্যদর্শি বঃ কচ্চিন্মল্লিকে জাতি যূথিকে ।

প্রীতিং বো জনয়ন্ যাতঃ করস্পর্শেন মাধবঃ ॥ ৩৪ ॥

mālaty adarśi vaḥ kaccin

mallike jāti yūthike

prītiṁ vo janayan yātaḥ

kara-sparśena mādhavaḥ

Translation

“ ‘O plants of mālatī flowers, mallikā flowers, jātī and yūthikā flowers, have you seen Kṛṣṇa passing this way, touching you with His hand to give you pleasure?’”

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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 Touch Gives Pleasure

  1. 1

    The mālatī, mallikā, jātī and yūthikā flower plants are asked about Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    The question describes Kṛṣṇa touching the plants with His hand to give them pleasure.

  3. 3

    In their search, the seekers turn to plants that may have encountered Him.

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. mālatiO plant of mālatī flowers
  2. adarśiwas seen
  3. vaḥby you
  4. kaccitwhether
  5. mallikeO plant of mallikā flowers
  6. jātiO plant of jātī flowers
  7. yūthikeO plant of yūthikā flowers
  8. prītimpleasure
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the description of Kṛṣṇa’s gentle touch shape your remembrance of Him?

Practice

Read the verse slowly once, pausing over the words “to give you pleasure.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Touch Gives PleasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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