Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 14.176
The Seven Ingredients of Mahā-bhāva
“The seven combined ingredients of mahā-bhāva are pride, ambition, fear, dry artificial crying, anger, envy and mild smiling.
What the purport teaches
- Pride, ambition and fear are among the seven combined ingredients of mahā-bhāva.
- Dry artificial crying, anger and envy are also included.
- Mild smiling completes the list of seven combined ingredients.
Try this today
Copy the seven ingredients once, preserving the descriptions “dry artificial crying” and “mild smiling.”
Ask yourself
Which wording in this list requires your most careful attention?
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.