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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 15.65Antya 15.67

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.66

সৌদামিনী পীতাম্বর, স্থির নহে নিরন্তর, মুক্তাহার বকপাঁতি ভাল ।

ইন্দ্রধনু-শিখিপাখা, উপরে দিয়াছে দেখা, আর ধনু বৈজয়ন্তী-মাল ॥ ৬৬ ॥

saudāminī pītāmbara, sthira nahe nirantara,

muktā-hāra baka-pāṅti bhāla

indra-dhanu śikhi-pākhā, upare diyāche dekhā,

āra dhanu vaijayantī-māla

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s yellow garments look exactly like restless lightning in the sky, and the pearl necklace on His neck appears like a line of herons flying below a cloud. Both the peacock feather on His head and His vaijayantī garland [containing flowers of five colors] resemble rainbows.

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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 Ornaments Resemble a Radiant Sky

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s yellow garments resemble restless lightning in the sky.

  2. 2

    His pearl necklace appears like a line of herons flying below a cloud.

  3. 3

    His peacock feather and vaijayantī garland resemble rainbows. The garland contains flowers of five colors.

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:

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī recited a verse from the Gīta-govinda just suitable to the Lord’s emotions. Caitanya Mahāprabhu then exhibited the ecstatic transformations known as bhāvodaya, bhāva-sandhi, bhāva-śābalya and so on.
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. saudāminīlightning
  2. pīta-ambarathe yellow garments
  3. sthirastill
  4. naheis not
  5. nirantaraalways
  6. muktā-hārathe necklace of pearls
  7. baka-pāṅti bhālalike a line of herons
  8. indra-dhanuthe bow of Indra (a rainbow)
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these images helps you most clearly remember Kṛṣṇa’s appearance?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute recalling the yellow garments, pearl necklace, peacock feather and five-colored garland described here.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Ornaments Resemble a Radiant SkyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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