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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Antya 17.33 Antya 17.35

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.34

“নাগর, কহ, তুমি করিয়া নিশ্চয় ।

এই ত্রিজগৎ ভরি’, আছে যত যোগ্যা নারী, তোমার বেণু কাহাঁ না আকর্ষয়? ।। ৩৪ ।। ধ্রু ।। ॥ ৩৪ ॥

“nāgara, kaha, tumi kariyā niścaya

ei trijagat bhari’, āche yata yogyā nāri,

tomāra veṇu kāhāṅ nā ākarṣaya?

Translation

“ ‘O dear lover,’ they said, ‘please answer just one question. Who among all the youthful women within this universe is not attracted by the sound of Your flute?

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Attraction of Kṛṣṇa’s Flute

1
The gopīs addressed Kṛṣṇa as their dear lover even while questioning Him.
2
They asked who among all the youthful women in the universe was not attracted by His flute.
3
Their question emphasized the flute’s attraction as they answered His apparent rejection.

How it feels

Inconceivable ecstatic absorption. The Lord’s overwhelming love manifests extraordinary bodily changes.

The mood of Antya 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura gives the following summary of the seventeenth chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. Absorbed in transcendental ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went out one night without opening the doors to His room. After crossing over three walls, He fell down among some cows belonging to the district of Tailaṅga. There He remained unconscious, assuming the aspect of a tortoise.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nāgaraO lover
kahasay
tumiYou
kariyāmaking
niścayacertain
eithese
tri-jagatthree worlds
bhari’filling

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: “lover”
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: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the gopīs calling Kṛṣṇa their dear lover while challenging Him?

Practice

Read the gopīs’ question aloud once, paying attention to both its affection and its protest.

Live this todayThe Attraction of Kṛṣṇa’s FluteThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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