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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.70
অয়ং নেতা সুরম্যাঙ্গঃ সর্বসল্লক্ষণান্বিতঃ ।
রুচিরস্তেজসা যুক্তো বলীয়ান্ বয়সান্বিতঃ ॥ ৭০ ॥
ayaṁ netā su-ramyāṅgaḥ
sarva-sal-lakṣaṇānvitaḥ
ruciras tejasā yukto
balīyān vayasānvitaḥ
“ ‘Kṛṣṇa, the supreme hero, has the most beautiful transcendental body. This body possesses all good features. It is radiant and very pleasing to the eyes. His body is powerful, strong and youthful.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kṛṣṇa, the supreme hero, has the most beautiful transcendental body.
His body possesses all good features. It is radiant and very pleasing to the eyes.
His body is powerful, strong and youthful.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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:
There is also a description of the sixty-four transcendental qualities of Kṛṣṇa and the twenty-five transcendental qualities of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which feature of Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental body described here most holds your attention?
Choose one feature described here and spend a quiet moment remembering it.
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