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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 14.196Madhya 14.198

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.197

স্তনাধরাদিগ্রহণে হৃৎপ্রীতাবপি সম্ভ্রমাৎ ।

বহিঃক্রোধো ব্যথিতবৎ প্রোক্তং কুট্টমিতং বুধৈঃ ॥ ১৯৭ ॥

stanādharādi-grahaṇe

hṛt-prītāv api sambhramāt

bahiḥ krodho vyathita-vat

proktaṁ kuṭṭamitaṁ budhaiḥ

Translation

“ ‘When the border of Her sari and the cloth veiling Her face are caught, She externally appears offended and angry, but within Her heart She is very happy. Learned scholars call this attitude kuṭṭamita.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Scholars Describe the Attitude of Kuṭṭamita

  1. 1

    When the border of Her sari and the cloth veiling Her face are caught, She externally appears offended and angry.

  2. 2

    Within Her heart, She is very happy. Learned scholars call this attitude kuṭṭamita.

  3. 3

    The purport identifies this description as a quotation from the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi.

Key points from the purport
  • This is a quotation from the Ujjvala-nīlamaṇi (Anubhāva-prakaraṇa 44).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. stanabreasts
  2. adharalips
  3. ādiand so on
  4. grahaṇewhen capturing
  5. hṛt-prītausatisfaction of the heart
  6. apieven though
  7. sambhramātbecause of respectfulness
  8. bahiḥexternally
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the explicit description of Her heart help you understand Her outward expression?

Practice

Reread the translation and pause at the words describing Her happiness within.

Live this todayScholars Describe the Attitude of KuṭṭamitaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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