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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 15.8
একবারে স্ফুরে প্রভুর কৃষ্ণের পঞ্চগুণ ।
পঞ্চগুণে করে পঞ্চেন্দ্রিয় আকর্ষণ ॥ ৮ ॥
eka-bāre sphure prabhura kṛṣṇera pañca-guṇa
pañca-guṇe kare pañcendriya ākarṣaṇa
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu realized Lord Jagannātha to be Kṛṣṇa Himself, Lord Caitanya’s five senses immediately became absorbed in attraction for the five attributes of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu realized Lord Jagannātha to be Kṛṣṇa Himself, His five senses immediately became absorbed in attraction for Kṛṣṇa’s five attributes.
Kṛṣṇa’s beauty attracted His eyes, while Kṛṣṇa’s singing and flute vibration attracted His ears. The transcendental fragrance of Kṛṣṇa’s lotus feet attracted His nostrils.
Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental sweetness attracted His tongue, and Kṛṣṇa’s bodily touch attracted His sensation of touch. Each sense was attracted by a corresponding attribute of Kṛṣṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
After seeing the upala-bhoga ceremony of Lord Jagannātha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once more began to feel ecstatic emotions. When He saw the garden on the beach by the sea, He again thought that He was in Vṛndāvana, and when He began to think of Kṛṣṇa engaging in His different pastimes, transcendental emotions excited Him again.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 15
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In this verse: “lotus feet”
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What does the attraction of all five senses reveal about the completeness of the Lord’s absorption?
List the five senses today and match each with the attribute of Kṛṣṇa described in the purport.
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