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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 14.127

Love and Neglect Can Bring Anger

“Svarūpa Dāmodara replied, “It is the nature of a girl afflicted by love to become immediately angry upon finding any neglect on the part of her lover.””

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 14.127, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Svarūpa Dāmodara explains the nature of a girl afflicted by love.
  • She becomes angry upon finding neglect on the part of her lover.
  • Her anger arises immediately in response to that neglect.

Try this today

Write down the sequence described here: love, finding neglect, and immediate anger.

Ask yourself

How does Svarūpa Dāmodara connect love, neglect and anger?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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