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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.150
মুখ আচ্ছাদিয়া করে কেবল রোদন ।
কান্তের প্রিয়বাক্য শুনি’ হয় পরসন্ন ॥ ১৫০ ॥
mukha ācchādiyā kare kevala rodana
kāntera priya-vākya śuni’ haya parasanna
“The captivated heroine simply covers her face and goes on crying. When she hears sweet words from her lover, she is very satisfied.
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The captivated heroine simply covers her face.
She goes on crying.
When she hears sweet words from her lover, she is very satisfied.
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:
This place was fixed up for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to rest in. When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana.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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lover”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What change occurs when the captivated heroine hears her lover’s sweet words?
Today, reread the verse slowly, noting her crying and her satisfaction upon hearing sweet words.
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