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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.127
স্বরূপ কহে, — প্রেমবতীর এই ত’ স্বভাব ।
কান্তের ঔদাস্য-লেশে হয় ক্রোধভাব ॥ ১২৭ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — premavatīra ei ta’ svabhāva
kāntera audāsya-leśe haya krodha-bhāva
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.”
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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.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “love”
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How does Svarūpa Dāmodara connect love, neglect and anger?
Write down the sequence described here: love, finding neglect, and immediate anger.
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