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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 14.182Madhya 14.184

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.183

‘বিলাসাদি’-ভাব-ভূষার কহ ত’ লক্ষণ ।

যেই ভাবে রাধা হরে গোবিন্দের মন ? ১৮৩ ॥

‘vilāsādi’-bhāva-bhūṣāra kaha ta’ lakṣaṇa

yei bhāve rādhā hare govindera mana?

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then asked Svarūpa Dāmodara, “Please speak of the ecstatic ornaments decorating the body of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, by which She enchants the mind of Śrī Govinda.”

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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.

Hearing About Rādhārāṇī’s Ecstatic Ornaments

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Svarūpa Dāmodara to speak further.

  2. 2

    He wished to hear about the ecstatic ornaments decorating Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s body.

  3. 3

    By these ecstatic ornaments, She enchants the mind of Śrī Govinda.

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:

For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. vilāsa-ādibeginning with transcendental enjoyment
  2. bhāvaof ecstasy
  3. bhūṣāraof the ornaments
  4. kahaplease speak
  5. ta’indeed
  6. lakṣaṇathe symptoms
  7. yei bhāveby which symptoms
  8. rādhāŚrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  9. hareenchants
  10. govindera manathe mind of Śrī Govinda
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Key ideas in this verse

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”, “rādhārāṇī’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s request encourage me to hear about attentively?

Practice

Read His request aloud once, giving careful attention to the subject He wishes to hear.

Live this todayHearing About Rādhārāṇī’s Ecstatic OrnamentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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