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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 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse
Madhya 24.114Madhya 24.116

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.115

তস্যারবিন্দনয়নস্য পদারবিন্দ-

কিঞ্জল্কমিশ্রতুলসীমকরন্দবায়ুঃ ।

অন্তর্গতঃ স্ববিবরেণ চকার তেষাং

সংক্ষোভমক্ষরজুষামপি চিত্ততন্বোঃ ॥ ১১৫ ॥

tasyāravinda-nayanasya padāravinda-

kiñjalka-miśra-tulasī-makaranda-vāyuḥ

antar-gataḥ sva-vivareṇa cakāra teṣāṁ

saṅkṣobham akṣara-juṣām api citta-tanvoḥ

Translation

“ ‘When the breeze carrying the aroma of tulasī leaves and saffron from the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead entered through the nostrils into the hearts of those sages [the Kumāras], they experienced a change in both body and mind, even though they were attached to the impersonal Brahman understanding.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Sacred Aroma Changes the Sages

  1. 1

    A breeze carried the aroma of tulasī leaves and saffron from the lotus feet of the lotus-eyed Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    The aroma entered through the Kumāras’ nostrils into their hearts.

  3. 3

    Although attached to impersonal Brahman understanding, they experienced a change in both body and mind.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Madhya 24.115 quotesSB 3.15.43

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.15.43).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

How it feels

Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.

The mood of Madhya 24 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

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

He analyzed all the words and described each word with its different connotations. Adding the words ca and api, He described all the different meanings of the verse.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tasyaof Him
  2. aravinda-nayanasyaof the lotus-eyed Lord
  3. pada-aravindaof the lotus feet
  4. kiñjalkawith saffron
  5. miśramixed
  6. tulasīthe tulasī leaves
  7. makarandafragrance
  8. vāyuḥbreeze
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the sages being changed despite their existing attachment?

Practice

Read the translation slowly, attending to its description of the aroma entering the sages’ hearts.

Live this todayA Sacred Aroma Changes the SagesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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