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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 14.167Madhya 14.169

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.168

‘কিলকিঞ্চিত’, ‘কুট্টমিত’, ‘বিলাস’, ‘ললিত’ ।

‘বিব্বোক’, ‘মোট্টায়িত’, আর ‘মৌগ্ধ্য’, ‘চকিত’ ॥ ১৬৮ ॥

‘kila-kiñcita’, ‘kuṭṭamita’, ‘vilāsa’, ‘lalita’

‘vivvoka’, ‘moṭṭāyita’, āra ‘maugdhya’, ‘cakita’

Translation

“Some of the symptoms critically explained in the following verses are kila-kiñcita, kuṭṭamita, vilāsa, lalita, vivvoka, moṭṭāyita, maugdhya and cakita.

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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.

Ecstatic Symptoms Receive Further Explanation

  1. 1

    Some symptoms are named here for detailed explanation in the following verses.

  2. 2

    These include kila-kiñcita, kuṭṭamita, vilāsa and lalita.

  3. 3

    The list also includes vivvoka, moṭṭāyita, maugdhya and cakita.

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. kila-kiñcitaa particular type of ecstatic ornament manifested at the time of seeing Kṛṣṇa
  2. kuṭṭamitathe symptom explained in verse 197
  3. vilāsathe symptom explained in verse 187
  4. lalitathe symptom explained in verse 192
  5. vivvokaneglecting the presentation given by the hero
  6. moṭṭāyitaawakening of lusty desires by the remembrance and words of the hero
  7. āraand
  8. maugdhyaassuming the position of not knowing things although everything is known
  9. cakitaa position in which the heroine appears very much afraid although she is not at all afraid
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these named symptoms would you most like to understand through the explanations that follow?

Practice

Copy one symptom’s name carefully, preserving its diacritics, and mark it for further study.

Live this todayEcstatic Symptoms Receive Further ExplanationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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