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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India
Madhya 7.78Madhya 7.80

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.79

কাঞ্চন-সদৃশ দেহ, অরুণ বসন ।

পুলকাশ্রু-কম্প-স্বেদ তাহাতে ভূষণ ॥ ৭৯ ॥

kāñcana-sadṛśa deha, aruṇa vasana

pulakāśru-kampa-sveda tāhāte bhūṣaṇa

Translation

The body of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was naturally very beautiful. It was like molten gold dressed in saffron cloth. Indeed, He was most beautiful for being ornamented with the ecstatic symptoms, which caused His bodily hair to stand on end, tears to well up in His eyes, and His body to tremble and perspire all over.

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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.

Beauty Ornamented With Ecstatic Symptoms

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s body was naturally very beautiful, like molten gold dressed in saffron cloth.

  2. 2

    He was most beautiful for being ornamented with ecstatic symptoms.

  3. 3

    His bodily hair stood on end, tears welled up in His eyes, and His body trembled and perspired all over.

How it feels

Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.

The mood of Madhya 7 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 7: The Lord Begins His Tour of South India

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

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was beginning His tour, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave Him four sets of clothes and requested Him to see Rāmānanda Rāya, who was residing at that time on the bank of the river Godāvarī. Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kāñcana-sadṛśalike molten gold
  2. dehaa body
  3. aruṇasaffron
  4. vasanagarments
  5. pulaka-aśrustanding up of bodily hair and crying
  6. kampatrembling
  7. svedaperspiration
  8. tāhātetherein
  9. bhūṣaṇathe ornaments
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description deepen my appreciation of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s beauty?

Practice

Read this description slowly, pausing to remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s beauty.

Live this todayBeauty Ornamented With Ecstatic SymptomsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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