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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Madhya 14.134 Madhya 14.136

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.135

লক্ষ্মী-সঙ্গে দাসীগণের প্রাগল্ভ্য দেখিয়া ।

হাসে মহাপ্রভুর গণ মুখে হস্ত দিয়া ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

lakṣmī-saṅge dāsī-gaṇera prāgalbhya dekhiyā

hāse mahāprabhura gaṇa mukhe hasta diyā

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s associates saw such impudence exhibited by the maidservants of the goddess of fortune, they covered their faces with their hands and began to smile.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Associates Smile at the Maidservants’ Impudence

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s associates saw the impudence of the goddess of fortune’s maidservants.
2
The associates covered their faces with their hands.
3
As they covered their faces, they began to smile.

How it feels

Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.

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Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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

For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

lakṣmī-saṅgein the company of the goddess of fortune
dāsī-gaṇeraof the maidservants
prāgalbhyaimpudence
dekhiyāafter seeing
hāsesmile
mahāprabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
gaṇathe companions
mukheon their faces
hastahands
diyācovering

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do the covered faces and smiles help you notice about the associates’ reaction?

Practice

Read the verse once more, paying attention to what the associates saw and how they responded.

Live this todayThe Associates Smile at the Maidservants’ ImpudenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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