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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 19.93Antya 19.95

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.94

নেত্র-নাভি, বদন, কর-যুগ চরণ, এই অষ্টপদ্ম কৃষ্ণ-অঙ্গে ।

কর্পূর-লিপ্ত কমল, তার যৈছে পরিমল, সেই গন্ধ অষ্টপদ্ম-সঙ্গে ॥ ৯৪ ॥

netra-nābhi, vadana, kara-yuga caraṇa,

ei aṣṭa-padma kṛṣṇa-aṅge

karpūra-lipta kamala, tāra yaiche parimala,

sei gandha aṣṭa-padma-saṅge

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa’s eyes, navel and face, hands and feet are like eight lotus flowers on His body. From those eight lotuses emanates a fragrance like a mixture of camphor and lotus. That is the scent associated with His body.

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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.

Eight Lotuses Emanate Kṛṣṇa’s Fragrance

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa’s eyes, navel, face, hands and feet are compared to eight lotus flowers.

  2. 2

    A fragrance emanates from these eight lotuses.

  3. 3

    That fragrance is like a mixture of camphor and lotus and is associated with His body.

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. netrathe eyes
  2. nābhithe navel
  3. vadanathe face
  4. kara-yugathe palms
  5. caraṇathe feet
  6. eithese
  7. aṣṭaeight
  8. padmalotus flowers
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associated”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the lotus comparison bring together Kṛṣṇa’s form and fragrance?

Practice

Read the list of Kṛṣṇa’s lotuslike bodily parts slowly, noticing how they make eight.

Live this todayEight Lotuses Emanate Kṛṣṇa’s FragranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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