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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.169
কৃষ্ণ-অনুরাগ দ্বিতীয় অরুণ-বসন ।
প্রণয়-মান-কঞ্চুলিকায় বক্ষ আচ্ছাদন ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
kṛṣṇa-anurāga dvitīya aruṇa-vasana
praṇaya-māna-kañculikāya vakṣa ācchādana
“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s affection for Kṛṣṇa is Her upper garment, which is pinkish in color. She then covers Her breasts with another garment, composed of affection and anger toward Kṛṣṇa.
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Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s affection for Kṛṣṇa is described as Her upper garment.
This upper garment is pinkish in color.
She covers Her breasts with another garment composed of affection and anger toward Kṛṣṇa.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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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What do you notice about affection and anger being described together in one garment?
Read the translation twice, noting exactly which feelings each garment expresses.
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