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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 15.73 Antya 15.75

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.74

অতি উচ্চ সুবিস্তার, লক্ষ্মী-শ্রীবৎস-অলঙ্কার, কৃষ্ণের যে ডাকাতিয়া বক্ষ ।

ব্রজদেবী লক্ষ লক্ষ, তা-সবার মনোবক্ষ, হরিদাসী করিবারে দক্ষ ॥ ৭৪ ॥

ati ucca suvistāra, lakṣmī-śrīvatsa-alaṅkāra,

kṛṣṇera ye ḍākātiyā vakṣa

vraja-devī lakṣa lakṣa, tā-sabāra mano-vakṣa,

hari-dāsī karibāre dakṣa

Translation

“On Kṛṣṇa’s chest are the ornaments of the Śrīvatsa marks, indicating the residence of the goddess of fortune. His chest, which is as broad as a plunderer’s, attracts thousands upon thousands of damsels of Vraja, conquering their minds and breasts by force. Thus they all become maidservants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Beauty Draws the Heart into Service

1
The Śrīvatsa marks ornament Kṛṣṇa’s chest and indicate the residence of the goddess of fortune.
2
His broad chest attracts thousands upon thousands of damsels of Vraja, forcibly conquering their minds and breasts.
3
Through this attraction, they all become maidservants of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

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:

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ativery
uccahigh
su-vistārabroad
lakṣmī-śrīvatsamarks of silver hairs on the right side of the Lord’s chest, indicating the residence of the goddess of fortune
alaṅkāraornaments
kṛṣṇeraof Lord Kṛṣṇa
yethat
ḍākātiyālike a plunderer

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “vraja”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse connect attraction to Kṛṣṇa with becoming His servant?

Practice

Spend one minute reflecting on the verse’s movement from attraction to service.

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