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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.106
দেহ-কান্তি গৌরবর্ণ দেখিয়ে অরুণ ।
কভু কান্তি দেখি যেন মল্লিকা-পুষ্পসম ॥ ১০৬ ॥
deha-kānti gaura-varṇa dekhiye aruṇa
kabhu kānti dekhi yena mallikā-puṣpa-sama
Everyone saw the complexion of His body change from white to pink, so that His luster resembled that of the mallikā flower.
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Everyone saw the complexion of the Lord’s body change.
His complexion changed from white to pink.
His luster resembled that of the mallikā flower.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
Along that road the servants called gauḍas began to pull the cars. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu divided His saṅkīrtana party into seven divisions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the comparison to the mallikā flower help you reflect on the Lord’s appearance?
Spend a quiet moment recalling the colors and flower comparison given in this translation.
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