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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.147
‘অধীরা’ নিষ্ঠুর-বাক্যে করয়ে ভর্ৎসন ।
কর্ণোৎপলে তাড়ে, করে মালায় বন্ধন ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
‘adhīrā’ niṣṭhura-vākye karaye bhartsana
karṇotpale tāḍe, kare mālāya bandhana
“The restless heroine, however, sometimes chastises her lover with cruel words, sometimes pulls his ear and sometimes binds him with a flower garland.
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The restless heroine sometimes chastises her lover with cruel words.
Sometimes she pulls his ear.
Sometimes she binds him with a flower garland.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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In this verse: “lover”
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