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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.44
ঈর্ষ্যা, উৎকণ্ঠা, দৈন্য, প্রৌঢ়ি, বিনয় ।
এত ভাব এক-ঠাঞি করিল উদয় ॥ ৪৪ ॥
īrṣyā, utkaṇṭhā, dainya, prauḍhi, vinaya
eta bhāva eka-ṭhāñi karila udaya
The ecstatic symptoms of envy, great eagerness, humility, zeal and supplication all became manifest at once.
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Envy, great eagerness, humility, zeal and supplication all become manifest.
These ecstatic symptoms appear at once, showing the many feelings present in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love.
The preceding verse places these feelings in the context of Her pure heart and natural love. They are not presented as ordinary envy or agitation.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions. For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the context of a pure heart shape your understanding of these varied feelings?
Offer one brief, humble request to Kṛṣṇa for help in serving Him.
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