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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.52
প্রিয়া-মুখে ভৃঙ্গ পড়ে, তাহা নিবারিতে ।
লীলাপদ্ম চালাইতে হৈল অন্যচিত্তে ॥ ৫২ ॥
priyā-mukhe bhṛṅga paḍe, tāhā nivārite
līlā-padma cālāite haila anya-citte
“ ‘To stop the bumblebees from landing on the face of His beloved, He whisked them away with the lotus flower in His hand, and thus His mind was slightly diverted.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa kept the bumblebees from landing on the face of His beloved.
He whisked them away with the lotus flower in His hand.
While doing this, His mind was slightly diverted.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu adopted the same transcendental thoughts as those of the gopīs and was filled with ecstatic emotion. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Kṛṣṇa’s use of the lotus help you notice about His care for His beloved?
Pause today to remember the simple gesture of Kṛṣṇa whisking away the bees with His lotus.
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