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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 19.91Antya 19.93

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.92

কস্তূরিকা-নীলোত্পল, তার যেই পরিমল, তাহা জিনি’ কৃষ্ণ-অঙ্গ-গন্ধ ।

ব্যাপে চৌদ্দ-ভুবনে, করে সর্ব আকর্ষণে, নারীগণের আঁখি করে অন্ধ ॥ ৯২ ॥

kastūrikā-nīlotpala, tāra yei parimala,

tāhā jini’ kṛṣṇa-aṅga-gandha

vyāpe caudda-bhuvane, kare sarva ākarṣaṇe,

nārī-gaṇera āṅkhi kare andha

Translation

“The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body surpasses the fragrances of musk and the bluish lotus flower. Spreading throughout the fourteen worlds, it attracts everyone and makes the eyes of all women blind.

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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 Fragrance Attracts Everyone

  1. 1

    The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body surpasses the fragrances of musk and the bluish lotus flower.

  2. 2

    It spreads throughout the fourteen worlds and attracts everyone.

  3. 3

    The verse describes its overwhelming effect by saying that it makes the eyes of all women blind.

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. kastūrikāmusk
  2. nīlotpalacombined with the bluish lotus flower
  3. tāraits
  4. yeiwhatever
  5. parimalascent
  6. tāhāthat
  7. jini’conquering
  8. kṛṣṇa-aṅgaof the transcendental body of Kṛṣṇa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the image of fragrance spreading through fourteen worlds convey Kṛṣṇa’s attraction?

Practice

Write down the two fragrances mentioned here and note that Kṛṣṇa’s scent surpasses both.

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

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