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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 19.92Antya 19.94

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.93

সখি হে, কৃষ্ণগন্ধ জগৎ মাতায় ।

নারীর নাসাতে পশে, সর্বকাল তাহাঁ বৈসে, কৃষ্ণপাশ ধরি’ লঞা যায় ।। ৯৩ ।। ধ্রু ।। ॥ ৯৩ ॥

sakhi he, kṛṣṇa-gandha jagat mātāya

nārīra nāsāte paśe, sarva-kāla tāhāṅ vaise,

kṛṣṇa-pāśa dhari’ lañā yāya

Translation

“My dear friend, the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body enchants the entire world. It especially enters the nostrils of women and remains seated there. Thus it captures them and forcibly brings them to Kṛṣṇa.

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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 Scent Draws Others to Him

  1. 1

    The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body enchants the entire world.

  2. 2

    It especially enters the nostrils of women and remains seated there.

  3. 3

    The scent captures them and forcibly brings them to Kṛṣṇa. It is described as an attraction they cannot resist.

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. sakhi heO My dear friend
  2. kṛṣṇa-gandhathe fragrance of the body of Kṛṣṇa
  3. jagat mātāyaenchants the whole world
  4. nārīraof women
  5. nāsātein the nostrils
  6. paśeenters
  7. sarva-kālaalways
  8. tāhāṅthere
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the scent both remaining with them and drawing them to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Reread the verse and identify its three movements: entering, remaining and bringing to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Scent Draws Others to HimThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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