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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 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 17.40Antya 17.42

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.41

“কণ্ঠের গম্ভীর ধ্বনি, নবঘন-ধ্বনি জিনি’, যার গুণে কোকিল লাজায় ।

তার এক শ্রুতি-কণে, ডুবায় জগতের কাণে, পুনঃ কাণ বাহুড়ি’ না আয় ॥ ৪১ ॥

“kaṇṭhera gambhīra dhvani, navaghana-dhvani jini’,

yāra guṇe kokila lājāya

tāra eka śruti-kaṇe, ḍubāya jagatera kāṇe,

punaḥ kāṇa bāhuḍi’ nā āya

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s deep voice is more resonant than newly arrived clouds, and His sweet song defeats even the sweet voice of the cuckoo. Indeed, His song is so sweet that even one particle of its sound can inundate the entire world. If such a particle enters one’s ear, one is immediately bereft of all other types of hearing.

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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 Song Surpasses All Other Sounds

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s deep voice is more resonant than newly arrived clouds. His sweet song surpasses even the cuckoo’s sweet voice.

  2. 2

    Even one particle of His song’s sound can inundate the entire world with its sweetness.

  3. 3

    When that particle enters one’s ear, all other kinds of hearing lose their hold.

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

Further reading

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.

  1. kanṭḥeraof the throat
  2. gambhīradeep
  3. dhvanisound
  4. nava-ghanaof new clouds
  5. dhvanithe resounding
  6. jini’conquering
  7. yāraof which
  8. guṇethe attributes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of one particle of sound flooding the world help you appreciate about Kṛṣṇa’s song?

Practice

Read this verse slowly today, pausing to reflect on the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s voice.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Song Surpasses All Other SoundsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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