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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 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
Antya 19.40Antya 19.42

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.41

জিনিয়া তমালদ্যুতি, ইন্দ্রনীল-সম কান্তি, সে কান্তিতে জগৎ মাতায় ।

শৃঙ্গার-রস-সার ছানি’ তাতে চন্দ্র-জ্যোৎস্না সানি’, জানি বিধি নিরমিলা তায় ॥ ৪১ ॥

jiniyā tamāla-dyuti, indranīla-sama kānti,

se kāntite jagat mātāya

śṛṅgāra-rasa-sāra chāni’, tāte candra-jyotsnā sāni’,

jāni vidhi niramilā tāya

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster shines like the indranīla gem and surpasses the luster of the tamāla tree. The luster of His body drives the entire world mad because Providence has made it transparent by refining the essence of the mellow of conjugal love and mixing it with moonshine.

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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 Beauty Captivates the World

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster shines like the indranīla gem and surpasses the luster of the tamāla tree.

  2. 2

    Providence has made this luster transparent by refining the essence of the mellow of conjugal love and mixing it with moonshine.

  3. 3

    His bodily luster drives the entire world mad. This description expresses the overwhelming attraction of His beauty.

How it feels

Longing beyond ordinary categories. Extreme separation alternates with moments of visionary encounter.

The mood of Antya 19 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This chapter further describes how Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entered the Jagannātha-vallabha garden during the full-moon night of Vaiśākha (April-May) and experienced various transcendental ecstasies. Overwhelmed with ecstatic love at suddenly seeing Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa beneath an aśoka tree, He exhibited various symptoms of spiritual madness.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jiniyābeing victorious over
  2. tamāla-dyutithe luster of the tamāla tree
  3. indra-nīlathe gem known as indranīla
  4. sama kāntithe luster like
  5. se kāntiteby that luster
  6. jagat mātāyathe whole world becomes maddened
  7. śrṅgāra-rasaof the mellow of conjugal love
  8. sāraessence
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellow”, “conjugal”

  • 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: “love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which image in this description helps you appreciate Kṛṣṇa’s beauty?

Practice

Read the translation slowly once, pausing over one image of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Beauty Captivates the WorldThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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