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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.63

নবাম্বুদ-লসদ্দ্যুতির্নবতড়িন্মনোজ্ঞাম্বরঃ সুচিত্রমুরলীস্ফুরচ্ছরদমন্দচন্দ্রাননঃ ।

ময়ূরদলভূষিতঃ সুভগতারহারপ্রভঃ স মে মদনমোহনঃ সখি তনোতি নেত্রস্পৃহাম্ ॥ ৬৩ ॥

navāmbuda-lasad-dyutir nava-taḍin-manojñāmbaraḥ

sucitra-muralī-sphurac-charad-amanda-candrānanaḥ

mayūra-dala-bhūṣitaḥ subhaga-tāra-hāra-prabhaḥ

sa me madana-mohanaḥ sakhi tanoti netra-spṛhām

Translation

“ ‘My dear friend, the luster of Kṛṣṇa’s body is more brilliant than that of a newly formed cloud, and His yellow dress is more attractive than newly arrived lightning. A peacock feather decorates His head, and on His neck hangs a lovely necklace of brilliant pearls. As He holds His charming flute to His lips, His face looks as beautiful as the full autumn moon. By such beauty, Madana-mohana, the enchanter of Cupid, is increasing the desire of My eyes to see Him.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty Deepens the Desire to See

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster is more brilliant than a newly formed cloud, and His yellow dress is more attractive than newly arrived lightning.

  2. 2

    A peacock feather decorates His head, and brilliant pearls hang around His neck. With His charming flute at His lips, His face resembles the full autumn moon.

  3. 3

    Madana-mohana, the enchanter of Cupid, increases Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s desire to see Him through His beauty. The purport notes that this verse also appears in the Govinda-līlāmṛta.

Key points from the purport
  • This verse is also found in the Govinda-līlāmṛta (8.4).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nava-ambudaa newly formed cloud
  2. lasatbrilliant
  3. dyutiḥwhose luster
  4. navanew
  5. taḍitlightning
  6. manojñaattractive
  7. ambaraḥwhose dress
  8. su-citravery charming
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lovely”

  • 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’s”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which detail of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty most draws your attention in this description?

Practice

Choose one detail from the verse and spend a minute remembering it as you reread the description.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Deepens the Desire to SeeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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