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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 14.195Madhya 14.197

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.196

বাহিরে বামতা-ক্রোধ, ভিতরে সুখ মনে ।

‘কুট্টমিত’-নাম এই ভাব-বিভূষণে ॥ ১৯৬ ॥

bāhire vāmatā-krodha, bhitare sukha mane

‘kuṭṭamita’-nāma ei bhāva-vibhūṣaṇe

Translation

“This ecstatic attitude of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s is called kuṭṭamita. When this ecstatic ornament is manifested, Rādhārāṇī externally tries to avoid Kṛṣṇa, and She apparently becomes angry, although She is very happy within.

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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.

Kuṭṭamita: Happiness Beneath Apparent Anger

  1. 1

    Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic attitude is called kuṭṭamita.

  2. 2

    When this ecstatic ornament appears, She externally tries to avoid Kṛṣṇa and apparently becomes angry.

  3. 3

    Although Her outward expression suggests anger, She is very happy within.

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:

The Lord, in His ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa, immediately embraced the King and thus bestowed mercy upon him. When there was an offering of prasādam in the garden, Lord Caitanya also partook of it.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. bāhireexternally
  2. vāmatāopposition
  3. krodhaanger
  4. bhitarewithin
  5. sukhahappiness
  6. manein the mind
  7. kuṭṭamitakuṭṭamita
  8. nāmanamed
  9. eithis
  10. bhāva-vibhūṣaṇeornament of an ecstatic attitude
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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 inner feeling should you remember when reading about Rādhārāṇī’s apparent anger here?

Practice

Write a brief definition of kuṭṭamita using the outward expression and inward happiness described here.

Live this todayKuṭṭamita: Happiness Beneath Apparent AngerThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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