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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  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 21.140Madhya 21.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 21.141

সে ধ্বনি চৌদিকে ধায়,     অণ্ড ভেদি’ বৈকুণ্ঠে যায়,

বলে পৈশে জগতের কাণে ।

সবা মাতোয়াল করি’,     বলাৎকারে আনে ধরি’,

বিশেষতঃ যুবতীর গণে ॥ ১৪১ ॥

se dhvani caudike dhāya, aṇḍa bhedi’ vaikuṇṭhe yāya,

bale paiśe jagatera kāṇe

sabā mātoyāla kari’, balātkāre āne dhari’,

viśeṣataḥ yuvatīra gaṇe

Translation

“The sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute spreads in the four directions. Even though Kṛṣṇa vibrates His flute within this universe, its sound pierces the universal covering and goes to the spiritual sky. Thus the vibration enters the ears of all inhabitants. It especially enters Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma and attracts the minds of the young damsels of Vrajabhūmi, bringing them forcibly to where Kṛṣṇa is present.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa’s Flute Reaches Beyond the Universe

  1. 1

    The sound of Kṛṣṇa’s flute spreads in the four directions, pierces the universal covering, and reaches the spiritual sky.

  2. 2

    Its vibration enters the ears of all inhabitants and especially enters Goloka Vṛndāvana-dhāma.

  3. 3

    The flute attracts the minds of the young damsels of Vrajabhūmi, bringing them forcibly to where Kṛṣṇa is present.

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. se dhvanithat vibration
  2. cau-dikein the four directions
  3. dhāyaruns
  4. aṇḍa bhedi’piercing the coverings of the universe
  5. vaikuṇṭhe yāyagoes to the spiritual sky
  6. baleby force
  7. paiśeenters
  8. jagateraof the three worlds
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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: “vṛndāvana-dhāma”, “vrajabhūmi”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to you about both the reach and the attraction of Kṛṣṇa’s flute?

Practice

Spend a minute reflecting on how the flute’s sound reaches beyond the universe and draws the damsels toward Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa’s Flute Reaches Beyond the UniverseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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