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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 14.173Madhya 14.175

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.174

গর্বাভিলাষরুদিতস্মিতাসূয়াভয়ক্রুধাম্ ।

সঙ্করীকরণং হর্ষাদুচ্যতে কিলকিঞ্চিতম্ ॥ ১৭৪ ॥

garvābhilāṣa-rudita-

smitāsūyā-bhaya-krudhām

saṅkarī-karaṇaṁ harṣād

ucyate kila-kiñcitam

Translation

“ ‘Pride, ambition, weeping, smiling, envy, fear and anger are the seven ecstatic loving symptoms manifested by a jubilant shrinking away, and these symptoms are called kila-kiñcita-bhāva.’

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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.

Seven Loving Symptoms of Kila-kiñcita-bhāva

  1. 1

    Pride, ambition, weeping, smiling, envy, fear and anger are the seven symptoms named here.

  2. 2

    They are ecstatic loving symptoms manifested by a jubilant shrinking away.

  3. 3

    These symptoms are called kila-kiñcita-bhāva.

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:

When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. garvapride
  2. abhilāṣaambition
  3. ruditacrying
  4. smitasmiling
  5. asūyāenvying
  6. bhayafearing
  7. krudhāmanger
  8. saṅkarī-karaṇamthe act of shrinking away
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the variety of feelings named as ecstatic loving symptoms?

Practice

Read the seven symptoms aloud once, keeping the phrase “ecstatic loving symptoms” in mind.

Live this todaySeven Loving Symptoms of Kila-kiñcita-bhāvaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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