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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 1.147
রায় কহে, — “কহ দেখি ভাবের স্বভাব ?” রূপ কহে, — “ঐছে হয় কৃষ্ণবিষয়ক ‘ভাব’ ।।” ১৪৭ ।। ॥ ১৪৭ ॥
rāya kahe, — “kaha dekhi bhāvera svabhāva?”
rūpa kahe, — “aiche haya kṛṣṇa-viṣayaka ‘bhāva’ ”
Rāmānanda Rāya inquired, “What are the characteristics of emotional love?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmānanda Rāya asks about the characteristics of emotional love.
Rūpa Gosvāmī replies by describing the nature of emotional love for Kṛṣṇa.
The exchange directs attention to what this love is like, rather than merely naming it.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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”, “love for krsna”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would you like to understand about the nature of love for Kṛṣṇa?
Write down one question you have about emotional love for Kṛṣṇa.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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