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6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Madhya 21.114 Madhya 21.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.115

যে মাধুরীর ঊর্ধ্ব আন, নাহি যার সমান,

পরব্যোমে স্বরূপের গণে ।

যেঁহো সব-অবতারী, পরব্যোম-অধিকারী,

এ মাধুর্য নাহি নারায়ণে ॥ ১১৫ ॥

ye mādhurīra ūrdhva āna, nāhi yāra samāna,

paravyome svarūpera gaṇe

yeṅho saba-avatārī, paravyoma-adhikārī,

e mādhurya nāhi nārāyaṇe

Translation

“The sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty enjoyed by the gopīs is unparalleled. Nothing is equal to or greater than such ecstatic sweetness. Even the predominating Deities of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, the Nārāyaṇas, do not possess such sweetness. Indeed, none of the incarnations of Kṛṣṇa up to Nārāyaṇa possess such transcendental beauty.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Sweet Beauty Is Unparalleled

1
The sweetness of Kṛṣṇa’s beauty enjoyed by the gopīs is unparalleled.
2
Nothing is equal to or greater than this ecstatic sweetness.
3
Even the Nārāyaṇas, the predominating Deities of the Vaikuṇṭha planets, do not possess such sweetness. None of Kṛṣṇa’s incarnations up to Nārāyaṇa possess such transcendental beauty.

How it feels

Awe becoming attraction. The Lord’s vast opulence is placed beside the intimate sweetness of Kṛṣṇa.

The mood of Madhya 21 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

In this chapter the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta has presented some nice poems about the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa and Kṛṣṇa’s superexcellent beauty. Throughout the rest of the chapter, our intimate relationship ( sambandha ) with Kṛṣṇa is described.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

ye mādhurīrathat sweetness
ūrdhvahigher
ānaanother
nāhithere is not
yāra samānaequal to which
para-vyomethe spiritual sky
svarūpera gaṇeamong the expansions of Kṛṣṇa’s personality
yeṅhowho

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about the sweetness the gopīs enjoy?

Practice

Write one sentence recalling what this verse says is unique about Kṛṣṇa’s beauty.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Sweet Beauty Is UnparalleledThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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