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How to study this verse, in six steps

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 15.46 Antya 15.48

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.47

রাধা-অঙ্গ-সঙ্গে কুচকুঙ্কুম-ভূষিত ।

কৃষ্ণ-কুন্দমালা-গন্ধে বায়ু — সুবাসিত ॥ ৪৭ ॥

rādhā-aṅga-saṅge kuca-kuṅkuma-bhūṣita

kṛṣṇa-kunda-mālā-gandhe vāyu — suvāsita

Translation

“ ‘Kṛṣṇa has been embracing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, and the kuṅkuma powder on Her breasts has mixed with the garland of kunda flowers decorating His body. The fragrance of the garland has scented the entire atmosphere.

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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 Garland Scents the Entire Atmosphere

1
The gopīs describe Kṛṣṇa embracing Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
2
The kuṅkuma powder on Her breasts has mixed with the garland of kunda flowers decorating His body.
3
The fragrance of that garland has scented the entire atmosphere. In their search, the gopīs recognize this fragrance as a sign of Their presence.

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:

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.

rādhā-aṅgathe body of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
saṅgeby embracing
kuca-kuṅkumawith the kuṅkuma from the breasts
bhūṣitadecorated
kṛṣṇaof Lord Kṛṣṇa
kunda-mālāof the garland of kunda flowers
gandheby the fragrance
vāyuthe air
su-vāsitaaromatic

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the garland’s fragrance connect the gopīs’ surroundings with Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī?

Practice

Reread the verse and trace the description from the embrace to the fragrance filling the atmosphere.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Garland Scents the Entire AtmosphereThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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