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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.192
বিন্যাস-ভঙ্গিরঙ্গানাং ভ্রূবিলাস-মনোহরা ।
সুকুমারা ভবেদ্যত্র ললিতং তদুদাহৃতম্ ॥ ১৯২ ॥
vinyāsa-bhaṅgir aṅgānāṁ
bhrū-vilāsa-manoharā
sukumārā bhaved yatra
lalitaṁ tad udāhṛtam
“ ‘When the bodily features are delicate and expertly curved, and when the eyebrows are very beautifully agitated, the ornament of feminine charm, called lalita alaṅkāra, is manifest.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Delicate and expertly curved bodily features are part of this description.
When the eyebrows are also very beautifully agitated, the ornament of feminine charm, called lalita alaṅkāra, is manifest.
The purport identifies this description as coming from the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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How do bodily delicacy and eyebrow movement contribute to the description of lalita alaṅkāra?
Note the term lalita alaṅkāra and beside it write “ornament of feminine charm.”
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