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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.144
‘ধীরা’ কান্তে দূরে দেখি’ করে প্রত্যুত্থান ।
নিকটে আসিলে, করে আসন প্রদান ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
‘dhīrā’ kānte dūre dekhi’ kare pratyutthāna
nikaṭe āsile, kare āsana pradāna
“When a sober heroine sees her hero approaching from a distance, she immediately stands up to receive him. When he comes near, she immediately offers him a place to sit.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The sober heroine sees her hero approaching from a distance.
She immediately stands up to receive him.
When he comes near, she immediately offers him a place to sit.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do the sober heroine’s immediate actions show about how she receives her hero?
Offer someone a place to sit today, recalling the concrete gesture of welcome described here.
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