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  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 14.190Madhya 14.192

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.191

মুখে-নেত্রে হয় নানা-ভাবের উদ্গার ।

এই কান্তা-ভাবের নাম ‘ললিত’-অলঙ্কার ॥ ১৯১ ॥

mukhe-netre haya nānā-bhāvera udgāra

ei kāntā-bhāvera nāma ‘lalita’-alaṅkāra

Translation

“When there is an awakening of the various ecstatic features on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s face and in Her eyes that are appropriate to a charming feminine attitude, the lalita ornament is manifest.

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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.

Lalita Appears in Rādhārāṇī’s Face and Eyes

  1. 1

    Various ecstatic features awaken on Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s face and in Her eyes.

  2. 2

    These features are appropriate to a charming feminine attitude.

  3. 3

    When these features awaken, the lalita ornament is manifest.

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:

He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mukheon the mouth
  2. netreon the eyes
  3. hayathere are
  4. nānā-bhāveraof various ecstasies
  5. udgārathe awakening
  6. eithis
  7. kāntā-bhāveraof the condition of the female
  8. nāmathe name
  9. lalitaof lalita
  10. alaṅkārathe ornament
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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’s”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What features mark the manifestation of the lalita ornament here?

Practice

Write one sentence describing lalita using only the details in this translation.

Live this todayLalita Appears in Rādhārāṇī’s Face and EyesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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