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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.175
‘কিলকিঞ্চিতাদি’-ভাব-বিংশতি-ভূষিত ।
গুণশ্রেণী-পুষ্পমালা সর্বাঙ্গে পূরিত ॥ ১৭৫ ॥
‘kila-kiñcitādi’-bhāva-viṁśati-bhūṣita
guṇa-śreṇī-puṣpamālā sarvāṅge pūrita
“Also ornamenting Her body are the twenty kinds of ecstatic symptoms beginning with kila-kiñcita. Her transcendental qualities constitute the flower garland hanging in fullness over Her body.
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Twenty kinds of ecstatic symptoms, beginning with kila-kiñcita, ornament Her body. Her transcendental qualities form a flower garland hanging in fullness over Her body.
The bodily moods include bhāva (ecstasy), hāva (gestures) and helā (negligence). Moods related to the self include beauty, luster, brilliance, sweetness, impudence, magnanimity and patience.
Moods related to nature include līlā (pastimes), vilāsa (enjoyment), vicchitti (breaking off) and vibhrama (puzzlement). The purport states that kila-kiñcita, moṭṭāyita and kuṭṭamita have no English equivalents.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
After hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to explain the higher platform of devotional service.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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhāva”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “magnanimity”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the image of a full flower garland help you reflect on Her transcendental qualities?
Choose one term that the purport translates and write it beside its English meaning.
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