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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 19.94 Antya 19.96

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.95

হেম-কীলিত চন্দন, তাহা করি’ ঘর্ষণ, তাহে অগুরু, কুঙ্কুম, কস্তূরী ।

কর্পূর-সনে চর্চা অঙ্গে, পূর্ব অঙ্গের গন্ধ সঙ্গে, মিলি’ তারে যেন কৈল চুরি ॥ ৯৫ ॥

hema-kīlita candana, tāhā kari’ gharṣaṇa,

tāhe aguru, kuṅkuma, kastūrī

karpūra-sane carcā aṅge, pūrva aṅgera gandha saṅge,

mili’ tāre yena kaila curi

Translation

“When sandalwood pulp is mixed with aguru, kuṅkuma, musk and camphor and spread on Kṛṣṇa’s body, it combines with Kṛṣṇa’s own original bodily perfume and seems to cover it.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Perfumes Combine with Kṛṣṇa’s Own Scent

1
Sandalwood pulp is mixed with aguru, kuṅkuma, musk and camphor and spread on Kṛṣṇa’s body.
2
These substances combine with His own original bodily perfume and seem to cover it.
3
The purport gives another version of the last line. In that reading, the combined scent steals away the mind of Cupid.

Key points from the purport

In another version, the last line of this verse reads kāmadevera mana kaila curi.
This means “the scent of all these substances mixes with the previous scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body and steals away the mind of Cupid.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

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 summary Back to this verse in Antya 19

Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

hemawith gold
kīlitabedecked
candanawhite sandalwood
tāhāthat
kari’doing
gharṣaṇarubbing
tāhein that
aguruthe aguru fragrance

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What distinction does the verse make between Kṛṣṇa’s original scent and the perfumes applied to Him?

Practice

Make two short notes today: one for Kṛṣṇa’s own bodily perfume and one for the substances mixed with it.

Live this todayPerfumes Combine with Kṛṣṇa’s Own ScentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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