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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 14.199 Madhya 14.201

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.200

পাণিরোধমবিরোধিতবাঞ্ছং ভর্ৎসনাশ্চ মধুরস্মিতগর্ভাঃ ।

মাধবস্য কুরুতে করভোরুর্হারি শুষ্করুদিতঞ্চ মুখেঽপি ॥ ২০০ ॥

pāṇi-rodham avirodhita-vāñchaṁ

bhartsanāś ca madhura-smita-garbhāḥ

mādhavasya kurute karabhorur

hāri śuṣka-ruditaṁ ca mukhe ’pi

Translation

“ ‘Actually She has no desire to stop Kṛṣṇa’s endeavor to touch Her body with His hands, yet Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī, whose thighs are like the trunk of a baby elephant, protests His advances and, sweetly smiling, admonishes Him. At such times She cries without tears on Her charming face.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sweet Smiling Amid Outward Protest

1
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī actually has no desire to stop Kṛṣṇa’s endeavor to touch Her body with His hands.
2
Yet She protests His advances and, sweetly smiling, admonishes Him.
3
At such times, She cries without tears on Her charming face.

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

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.

pāṇithe hand
rodhamobstructing
avirodhitaunobstructed
vāñchamthe desire of Kṛṣṇa
bhartsanāḥadmonitions
caand
madhurasweet
smita-garbhāḥcontaining a gentle smiling attitude

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which words make clear the difference between Her actual desire and Her outward protest?

Practice

Reread the translation once, identifying Her actual desire, Her sweet smile and Her crying without tears.

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