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  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
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  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 21.124Madhya 21.126

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.125

কামগায়ত্রী-মন্ত্ররূপ,     হয় কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ,

সার্ধ-চব্বিশ অক্ষর তার হয় ।

সে অক্ষর ‘চন্দ্র’ হয়,     কৃষ্ণে করি’ উদয়,

ত্রিজগৎ কৈলা কামময় ॥ ১২৫ ॥

kāma-gāyatrī-mantra-rūpa, haya kṛṣṇera svarūpa,

sārdha-cabbiśa akṣara tāra haya

se akṣara ‘candra’ haya, kṛṣṇe kari’ udaya,

trijagat kailā kāmamaya

Translation

“Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical with the Vedic hymn known as the Kāma-gāyatrī, which is composed of twenty-four and a half syllables. Those syllables are compared to moons that arise in Kṛṣṇa. Thus all three worlds are filled with desire.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Is Identical with Kāma-gāyatrī

  1. 1

    Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is identical with the Vedic hymn known as the Kāma-gāyatrī.

  2. 2

    The Kāma-gāyatrī is composed of twenty-four and a half syllables.

  3. 3

    These syllables are compared to moons arising in Kṛṣṇa, filling all three worlds with desire.

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

Further reading

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.

  1. kāma-gāyatrī-mantra-rūpathe hymn known as Kāma-gāyatrī
  2. hayais
  3. kṛṣṇera svarūpaidentical with Kṛṣṇa
  4. sārdha-cabbiśatwenty-four and a half
  5. akṣarasyllables
  6. tāraof that
  7. hayaare
  8. se akṣarathese syllables
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you in the comparison of the Kāma-gāyatrī’s syllables to moons arising in Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write down the verse’s central teaching: Kṛṣṇa is identical with the Kāma-gāyatrī.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Is Identical with Kāma-gāyatrīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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