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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.126
বিদগ্ধমাধব আর ললিতমাধব ।
দুই নাটকে প্রেমরস অদভুত সব ।।” ১২৬ ।। ॥ ১২৬ ॥
vidagdha-mādhava āra lalita-mādhava
dui nāṭake prema-rasa adabhuta saba”
“The two plays are called Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava. Both of them wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The two plays are called Vidagdha-mādhava and Lalita-mādhava. Both wonderfully describe ecstatic emotional love of God.
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura informs us that Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finished Vidagdha-mādhava in Śakābda 1454 (A.D. 1532) and Lalita-mādhava in Śakābda 1459 (A.D. 1537).
The discussion between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī at Jagannātha Purī took place in Śakābda 1437 (A.D. 1515). It therefore preceded the completion of both plays.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “discussion”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing that both plays describe love of God shape my interest in them?
Write down the two titles and, beside them, their shared subject: ecstatic emotional love of God.
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