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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.173
রাগ-তাম্বূলরাগে অধর উজ্জ্বল ।
প্রেমকৌটিল্য — নেত্রযুগলে কজ্জল ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
rāga-tāmbūla-rāge adhara ujjvala
prema-kauṭilya — netra-yugale kajjala
“Her attachment for Kṛṣṇa is the reddish color of betel nuts on Her brilliant lips. Her double-dealings in loving affairs constitute the black ointment around Her eyes.
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Her attachment for Kṛṣṇa is compared to the reddish color of betel nuts.
This reddish color appears on Her brilliant lips.
Her double-dealings in loving affairs constitute the black ointment around Her eyes.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of Her brilliant lips draw your attention to Her attachment for Kṛṣṇa?
Reread the first sentence and briefly reflect on attachment for Kṛṣṇa as the color of Her lips.
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