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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 15.43Antya 15.45

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.44

অপ্যেণ-পত্ন্যুপগতঃ প্রিয়য়েহ গাত্রৈ- স্তন্বন্ দৃশাং সখি সুনির্বৃতিমচ্যুতো বঃ ।

কান্তাঙ্গসঙ্গকুচকুঙ্কুম-রঞ্জিতায়াঃ কুন্দস্রজঃ কুলপতেরিহ বাতি গন্ধঃ ॥ ৪৪ ॥

apy eṇa-patny upagataḥ priyayeha gātrais

tanvan dṛśāṁ sakhi su-nirvṛtim acyuto vaḥ

kāntāṅga-saṅga-kuca-kuṅkuma-rañjitāyāḥ

kunda-srajaḥ kula-pater iha vāti gandhaḥ

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “ ‘O wife of the deer, Lord Kṛṣṇa has been embracing His beloved, and thus the kuṅkuma powder on Her raised breasts has covered His garland of kunda flowers. The fragrance of this garland is flowing here. O my dear friend, have you seen Kṛṣṇa passing this way with His dearmost companion, increasing the pleasure of the eyes of all of you?’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Fragrant Garland Prompts an Inquiry

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu speaks this appeal to the doe. The purport identifies it as a quotation from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

  2. 2

    Kṛṣṇa’s embrace of His beloved has covered His kunda-flower garland with kuṅkuma powder from Her breasts. The garland’s fragrance flows toward the speakers.

  3. 3

    The doe is addressed as a dear friend and asked whether she has seen Kṛṣṇa with His dearmost companion. Their passing is described as increasing the pleasure of the deer’s eyes.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 15.44 quotesSB 10.30.11

This verse is quoted from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.30.11).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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:

On the night of the rāsa dance, the gopīs, bereaved by Kṛṣṇa’s absence, searched for Kṛṣṇa from one forest to another. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. apiwhether
  2. eṇa-patniO she-deer
  3. upagataḥhas come
  4. priyayāalong with His dearmost companion
  5. ihahere
  6. gātraiḥby the bodily limbs
  7. tanvanincreasing
  8. dṛśāmof the eyes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do fragrance and the pleasure of seeing Kṛṣṇa shape this appeal to the doe?

Practice

Read the appeal slowly, noticing both the fragrant garland and the friendly way the doe is addressed.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Fragrant Garland Prompts an InquiryThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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