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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.172
প্রচ্ছন্ন-মান বাম্য — ধম্মিল্ল-বিন্যাস ।
‘ধীরাধীরাত্মক’ গুণ — অঙ্গে পটবাস ॥ ১৭২ ॥
pracchanna-māna vāmya — dhammilla-vinyāsa
‘dhīrādhīrātmaka’ guṇa — aṅge paṭa-vāsa
“Craftiness and covered anger constitute the arrangement of Her hair. The quality of anger due to jealousy is the silk garment covering Her body.
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Craftiness forms part of the arrangement of Her hair.
Covered anger also constitutes Her hair arrangement.
Anger due to jealousy is described as the silk garment covering Her body.
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:
Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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How does this verse portray Her moods through the arrangement of Her appearance?
Write down the two images—hair and silk garment—and the moods each represents.
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