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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.162
বাম্য-স্বভাবে মান উঠে নিরন্তর ।
তার মধ্যে উঠে কৃষ্ণের আনন্দ-সাগর ॥ ১৬২ ॥
vāmya-svabhāve māna uṭhe nirantara
tāra madhye uṭhe kṛṣṇera ānanda-sāgara
“Because She is a left-wing gopī, Her womanly anger is always awakening, but Kṛṣṇa derives transcendental bliss from Her activities.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
She is described as a left-wing gopī.
Her womanly anger is always awakening.
Kṛṣṇa derives transcendental bliss from Her activities.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental bliss shape your understanding of Her anger?
Read the translation slowly, noticing both Her anger and Kṛṣṇa’s transcendental bliss.
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