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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 1.149
রায় কহে, — “কহ সহজ-প্রেমের লক্ষণ” ।
রূপ-গোসাঞি কহে, “সাহজিক প্রেমধর্ম” ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
rāya kahe, — “kaha sahaja-premera lakṣaṇa”
rūpa-gosāñi kahe, — “sāhajika prema-dharma”
Rāmānanda Rāya further inquired, “What are the natural characteristics of awakening love of Godhead?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmānanda Rāya further asks about the natural characteristics of awakening love of Godhead.
His question seeks to understand how this love naturally expresses itself.
Rūpa Gosvāmī introduces his reply as a description of the natural characteristics of love of God.
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 of godhead”
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Why might understanding love's natural characteristics matter to your study?
Write the heading “Natural characteristics of love of God” before reading Rūpa Gosvāmī’s reply.
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