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  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 17.42Antya 17.44

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 17.43

নূপুর-কিঙ্কিণী-ধ্বনি, হংস-সারস জিনি’, কঙ্কণ-ধ্বনি চটকে লাজায় ।

একবার যেই শুনে, ব্যাপি রহে, তার কাণে, অন্য শব্দ সে-কাণে না যায় ॥ ৪৩ ॥

nūpura-kiṅkiṇī-dhvani, haṁsa-sārasa jini’,

kaṅkaṇa-dhvani caṭake lājāya

eka-bāra yei śune, vyāpi rahe’ tāra kāṇe,

anya śabda se-kāṇe nā yāya

Translation

“The tinkling of Kṛṣṇa’s ankle bells surpasses the songs of even the swan and crane, and the sound of His bangles puts the singing of the caṭaka bird to shame. Having allowed these sounds to enter the ears even once, one cannot tolerate hearing anything else.

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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 Captivate the Ear

  1. 1

    The tinkling of Kṛṣṇa’s ankle bells surpasses even the songs of the swan and crane.

  2. 2

    The sound of His bangles puts the singing of the caṭaka bird to shame.

  3. 3

    After hearing these sounds even once, one cannot tolerate hearing anything else.

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. nūpuraof the ankle bells
  2. kiṅkiṇītinkling
  3. dhvanithe sound
  4. haṁsaswans
  5. sārasacranes
  6. jini’conquering
  7. kaṅkaṇa-dhvanithe sound of bangles
  8. caṭakethe caṭaka bird
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do the comparisons with birdsong convey the sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s ornaments?

Practice

Reread the two comparisons with birdsong and pause to appreciate what each says about Kṛṣṇa’s sounds.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Ornaments Captivate the EarThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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