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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 14.150Madhya 14.152

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.151

‘মধ্যা’ ‘প্ৰগল্ভা’ ধরে ধীরাদি-বিভেদ ।

তার মধ্যে সবার স্বভাবে তিন ভেদ ॥ ১৫১ ॥

‘madhyā’ ‘pragalbhā’ dhare dhīrādi-vibheda

tāra madhye sabāra svabhāve tina bheda

Translation

“Both the intermediate and impudent heroines can be classified as sober, restless and both sober and restless. All their characteristics can be further classified in three divisions.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Heroines Have Further Divisions of Character

  1. 1

    Both intermediate and impudent heroines can be classified further.

  2. 2

    Each can be sober, restless, or both sober and restless.

  3. 3

    All their characteristics can be further classified in three divisions.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. madhyāthe intermediate
  2. pragalbhāthe impudent
  3. dharecontain
  4. dhīrā-ādi-vibhedathe three divisions of dhīrā, adhīrā and dhīrādhīrā
  5. tāra madhyeamong them
  6. sabāraof all of them
  7. svabhāvein nature
  8. tina bhedathree divisions
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description help you see that each classification contains further variety?

Practice

Today, write “intermediate” and “impudent,” then list sober, restless, and both sober and restless beneath each.

Live this todayHeroines Have Further Divisions of CharacterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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