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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.176
গর্ব, অভিলাষ, ভয়, শুষ্করুদিত ।
ক্রোধ, অসূয়া হয়, আর মন্দস্মিত ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
garva, abhilāṣa, bhaya, śuṣka-rudita
krodha, asūyā haya, āra manda-smita
“The seven combined ingredients of mahā-bhāva are pride, ambition, fear, dry artificial crying, anger, envy and mild smiling.
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Pride, ambition and fear are among the seven combined ingredients of mahā-bhāva.
Dry artificial crying, anger and envy are also included.
Mild smiling completes the list of seven combined ingredients.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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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.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.
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “crying”
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Copy the seven ingredients once, preserving the descriptions “dry artificial crying” and “mild smiling.”
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