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  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 15.63Antya 15.65

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.64

নবঘনস্নিগ্ধবর্ণ, দলিতাঞ্জন-চিক্কণ, ইন্দীবর-নিন্দি সুকোমল ।

জিনি’ উপমান-গণ, হরে সবার নেত্র-মন, কৃষ্ণকান্তি পরম প্রবল ॥ ৬৪ ॥

nava-ghana-snigdha-varṇa, dalitāñjana-cikkaṇa,

indīvara-nindi sukomala

jini’ upamāna-gaṇa, hare sabāra netra-mana,

kṛṣṇa-kānti parama prabala

Translation

Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s complexion is as polished as powdered eye ointment. It surpasses the beauty of a newly formed cloud and is softer than a blue lotus flower. Indeed, His complexion is so pleasing that it attracts the eyes and minds of everyone, and it is so powerful that it defies all comparison.

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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 Complexion Defies All Comparison

  1. 1

    Caitanya Mahāprabhu described Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s complexion as polished as powdered eye ointment.

  2. 2

    It surpasses the beauty of a newly formed cloud and is softer than a blue lotus flower.

  3. 3

    His complexion is so pleasing that it attracts everyone’s eyes and minds. Its power defies all comparison.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. nava-ghanaa newly formed cloud
  2. snigdhaattractive
  3. varṇabodily complexion
  4. dalitapowdered
  5. añjanaointment
  6. cikkaṇapolished
  7. indīvaraa blue lotus flower
  8. nindidefeating
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the comparisons convey, even as the Lord says Kṛṣṇa’s complexion defies comparison?

Practice

Reread the descriptions of the cloud and blue lotus, then pause over the words “defies all comparison.”

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Complexion Defies All ComparisonThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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