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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 19.41Antya 19.43

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.42

কাহাঁ সে মুরলীধ্বনি, নবাভ্র-গর্জিত জিনি’, জগৎ আকর্ষে শ্রবণে যাহার ।

উঠি’ ধায় ব্রজ-জন, তৃষিত চাতকগণ, আসি’ পিয়ে কান্ত্যমৃত-ধার ॥ ৪২ ॥

kāhāṅ se muralī-dhvani, navābhra-garjita jini’,

jagat ākarṣe śravaṇe yāhāra

uṭhi’ dhāya vraja-jana, tṛṣita cātaka-gaṇa,

āsi’ piye kānty-amṛta-dhāra

Translation

“The deep vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute surpasses the thundering of new clouds and attracts the aural reception of the entire world. Thus the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana rise and pursue that sound, drinking the showering nectar of Kṛṣṇa’s bodily luster like thirsty cātaka birds.

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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 Flute Draws Everyone Toward Him

  1. 1

    The deep vibration of Kṛṣṇa’s flute surpasses the thundering of new clouds and attracts the hearing of the entire world.

  2. 2

    The inhabitants of Vṛndāvana rise and pursue the sound. Their attraction moves them toward Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Like thirsty cātaka birds, they drink the showering nectar of His bodily luster. The verse joins the attraction of His flute with the sweetness 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:

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu read it, His ecstasy was so great that all the devotees feared that the Lord would very soon pass away. The Lord’s condition was so serious that at night He would bruise and bloody His face by rubbing it against the walls.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kāhāṅwhere
  2. sethat
  3. muralī-dhvanithe vibration of the flute
  4. nava-abhra-garjita jini’conquering the vibrations of new clouds
  5. jagatthe whole world
  6. ākarṣeattracts
  7. śravaṇethe hearing
  8. yāhārawhose
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “vṛndāvana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of thirsty cātaka birds convey about their longing?

Practice

Spend one minute reflecting on the inhabitants of Vṛndāvana rising to follow Kṛṣṇa’s flute.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Flute Draws Everyone Toward HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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