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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 19.90Antya 19.92

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.91

কুরঙ্গমদজিদ্বপুঃপরিমলোর্মিকৃষ্টাঙ্গনঃ স্বকাঙ্গ-নলিনাষ্টকে শশিযুতাব্জগন্ধপ্রথঃ ।

মদেন্দুবরচন্দনাগুরুসুগন্ধিচর্চার্চিতঃ স মে মদনমোহনঃ সখি তনোতি নাসাস্পৃহাম্ ॥ ৯১ ॥

kuraṅga-mada-jid-vapuḥ-parimalormi-kṛṣṭāṅganaḥ

svakāṅga-nalināṣṭake śaśi-yutābja-gandha-prathaḥ

madenduvara-candanāguru-sugandhi-carcārcitaḥ

sa me madana-mohanaḥ sakhi tanoti nāsā-spṛhām

Translation

“ ‘The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body surpasses the aroma of musk and attracts the minds of all women. The eight lotuslike parts of His body distribute the fragrance of lotuses mixed with that of camphor. His body is anointed with aromatic substances like musk, camphor, sandalwood and aguru. O My dear friend, that Personality of Godhead, also known as the enchanter of Cupid, always increases the desire of My nostrils.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Fragrance Deepens Longing

  1. 1

    The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body surpasses musk and attracts the minds of all women. His eight lotuslike bodily parts distribute a fragrance of lotuses mixed with camphor.

  2. 2

    His body is anointed with musk, camphor, sandalwood and aguru. He is the Personality of Godhead, also known as the enchanter of Cupid.

  3. 3

    The speaker describes how He always increases the desire of Her nostrils. The purport identifies this verse as coming from the Govinda-līlāmṛta.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 19
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kuraṅga-mada-jitconquering the aromatic smell of musk
  2. vapuḥof His transcendental body
  3. parimala-ūrmiwith waves of scent
  4. kṛṣṭa-aṅganaḥattracting the gopīs of Vṛndāvana
  5. svaka-aṅga-nalina-aṣṭakeon all eight lotuslike parts of the body (face, navel, eyes, palms and feet)
  6. śaśi-yuta-abja-gandha-prathaḥwho distributes the scent of the lotus mixed with camphor
  7. mada-induvara-candana-aguru-sugandhi-carcā-arcitaḥsmeared with the unguents of musk, camphor, white sandalwood and aguru
  8. saḥHe
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “distribute”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the name “enchanter of Cupid” suggest about Kṛṣṇa’s power of attraction?

Practice

Choose one description of Kṛṣṇa in this verse and reread it attentively today.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Fragrance Deepens LongingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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