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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.210
চম্পক-কলি-সম হস্ত-পদাঙ্গুলি ।
কোঁকড় হইল সব, কুষ্ঠে গেল গলি’ ॥ ২১০ ॥
campaka-kali-sama hasta-padāṅguli
koṅkaḍa ha-ila saba, kuṣṭhe gela gali’
The brāhmaṇa’s toes and fingers were beautiful like golden-colored campaka buds, but because of leprosy they all withered and gradually melted away.
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The brāhmaṇa’s toes and fingers had been beautiful like golden-colored campaka buds.
Because of leprosy, they all withered and gradually melted away.
The verse contrasts their former beauty with the devastating effects of his illness.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Because of this offense, Gopāla Cakravartī was punished by being afflicted with leprosy. Haridāsa Ṭhākura later left Cāndapura and went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where he was tested by Māyādevī, the personification of the external energy.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this contrast invite you to reconsider about pride in bodily beauty?
Notice one appearance-based judgment today and pause rather than dwell on it.
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