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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.170
কিলকিঞ্চিতাদি-ভাবের শুন বিবরণ ।
যে ভাব-ভূষায় রাধা হরে কৃষ্ণ-মন ॥ ১৭০ ॥
kila-kiñcitādi-bhāvera śuna vivaraṇa
ye bhāva-bhūṣāya rādhā hare kṛṣṇa-mana
“Now hear a description of different ecstasies, beginning with kila-kiñcita. With these ecstatic ornaments, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī enchants the mind of Kṛṣṇa.
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The description of different ecstasies begins with kila-kiñcita.
These ecstasies are described as ornaments of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
With these ecstatic ornaments, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī enchants the mind of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.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.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about ecstasies being described as ornaments?
Read the translation slowly once, noting who enchants Kṛṣṇa’s mind.
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