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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.88
কৃষ্ণের শ্রীঅঙ্গগন্ধে ভরিছে উদ্যানে ।
সেই গন্ধ পাঞা প্রভু হৈলা অচেতনে ॥ ৮৮ ॥
kṛṣṇera śrī-aṅga-gandhe bhariche udyāne
sei gandha pāñā prabhu hailā acetane
The entire garden was filled with the scent of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smelled it, He fell unconscious at once.
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The scent of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body filled the entire garden.
The verse identifies this scent specifically as Kṛṣṇa’s bodily fragrance, not merely the fragrance of flowers.
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu smelled it, He fell unconscious at once.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the Lord’s immediate response tell you about the significance of Kṛṣṇa’s fragrance to Him?
Reread this verse, paying particular attention to the words “transcendental body” and “at once.”
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