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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.143
মানে কেহ হয় ‘ধীরা’, কেহ ত’ ‘অধীরা’ ।
এই তিন-ভেদে, কেহ হয় ‘ধীরাধীরা’ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
māne keha haya ‘dhīrā’, keha ta’ ‘adhīrā’
ei tina-bhede, keha haya ‘dhīrādhīrā’
“There are three types of women experiencing jealous anger: sober women, restless women and women both restless and sober.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
One type of woman experiencing jealous anger is sober.
Another type is restless.
A third type is both restless and sober.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā. This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the inclusion of a type that is both restless and sober?
List the three types from memory, then check your list against the translation.
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