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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 14.186Madhya 14.188

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.187

গতিস্থানাসনাদীনাং মুখনেত্রাদিকর্মণাম্ ।

তাৎকালিকন্তু বৈশিষ্ট্যং বিলাসঃ প্রিয়সঙ্গজম্ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥

gati-sthānāsanādīnāṁ

mukha-netrādi-karmaṇām

tātkālikaṁ tu vaiśiṣṭyaṁ

vilāsaḥ priya-saṅga-jam

Translation

“ ‘The various symptoms manifested in a woman’s face, eyes and the other parts of her body and the way she moves, stands or sits when she meets her beloved are called vilāsa.’”

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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.

Vilāsa Appears in Expression and Movement

  1. 1

    Vilāsa includes symptoms that appear when a woman meets her beloved.

  2. 2

    These symptoms manifest in her face, eyes and other parts of her body.

  3. 3

    The way she moves, stands or sits also expresses vilāsa.

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. gatimoving
  2. sthānastanding
  3. āsana-ādīnāmand of sitting and so on
  4. mukhaor the face
  5. netraof the eyes
  6. ādiand so on
  7. karmaṇāmof the activities
  8. tāt-kālikamrelating to that time
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this description show that vilāsa involves more than facial expression?

Practice

Read the translation slowly and identify the three bodily actions it mentions.

Live this todayVilāsa Appears in Expression and MovementThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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