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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 19.98 Antya 19.100

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 19.99

এইমত গৌরহরি, গন্ধে কৈল মন চুরি, ভৃঙ্গপ্রায় ইতি-উতি ধায় ।

যায় বৃক্ষলতা-পাশে, কৃষ্ণ স্ফুরে — সেই আশে, কৃষ্ণ না পায়, গন্ধমাত্র পায় ॥ ৯৯ ॥

ei-mata gaurahari, gandhe kaila mana curi,

bhṛṅga-prāya iti-uti dhāya

yāya vṛkṣa-latā-pāśe, kṛṣṇa sphure — sei āśe,

kṛṣṇa nā pāya, gandha-mātra pāya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His mind thus stolen by the scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body, ran here and there like a bumblebee. He ran to the trees and plants, hoping that Lord Kṛṣṇa would appear, but instead He found only that scent.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Fragrance Draws the Lord’s Search

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The scent of Kṛṣṇa’s body stole Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mind.
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He ran here and there like a bumblebee, approaching the trees and plants.
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He hoped Lord Kṛṣṇa would appear, but He found only His scent. His search expresses intense longing to see Kṛṣṇa.

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ei-matain this way
gaurahariŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
gandheby the scent
kailadid
mana curistealing of the mind
bhṛṅga-prāyajust like a bumblebee
iti-uti dhāyawanders here and there
yāyagoes

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “longing”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord finding Kṛṣṇa’s scent while longing to see Him?

Practice

Reread the verse and write one sentence about the Lord’s hope as He searched.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Fragrance Draws the Lord’s SearchThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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