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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.188
লজ্জা, হর্ষ, অভিলাষ, সম্ভ্রম, বাম্য, ভয় ।
এত ভাব মিলি’ রাধায় চঞ্চল করয় ॥ ১৮৮ ॥
lajjā, harṣa, abhilāṣa, sambhrama, vāmya, bhaya
eta bhāva mili’ rādhāya cañcala karaya
Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “Timidity, jubilation, ambition, respect, fear and the characteristics of the left-wing gopīs are all ecstatic symptoms that combine to agitate Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Svarūpa Dāmodara names timidity, jubilation, ambition, respect and fear as ecstatic symptoms.
The characteristics of the left-wing gopīs are also included. These symptoms combine to agitate Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
The purport introduces an explanation from the Govinda-līlāmṛta.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the 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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīs”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about the variety of ecstatic symptoms named here?
Write down the symptoms listed in the translation, noting that they combine in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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