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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.187
রায় কহে, — “কহ আগে অঙ্গের বিশেষ” ।
শ্রীরূপ কহেন কিছু সংক্ষেপ-উদ্দেশ ॥ ১৮৭ ॥
rāya kahe, — “kaha āge aṅgera viśeṣa”
śrī-rūpa kahena kichu saṅkṣepa-uddeśa
When Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to speak further about various portions of the play, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī briefly quoted his Lalita-mādhava.
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Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to speak further about various portions of the play.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī responded by briefly quoting his Lalita-mādhava.
The passages that follow describe Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes and the loving attraction between Him and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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What would you like to understand more deeply in the passages Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī shares?
Read one of the following passages slowly, giving attention to its description of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
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