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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Antya 20.4

Taste Transcendental Songs and Verses Together

“Day and night He tasted transcendental blissful songs and verses with two associates, namely Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya.”

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Antya 20.4, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu tasted transcendental blissful songs and verses.
  • He shared this with Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya.
  • Day and night, these songs and verses accompanied His feelings of separation from Kṛṣṇa.

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