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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.46
সেই ভাবে প্রভু সেই শ্লোক উচ্চারিলা ।
শ্লোক উচ্চারিতে তদ্রূপ আপনে হইলা ॥ ৪৬ ॥
sei bhāve prabhu sei śloka uccārilā
śloka uccārite tad-rūpa āpane ha-ilā
In the same spirit of ecstasy, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recited that verse, and as soon as He did so, He felt like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu recites the verse spoken by Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
He recites it in the same spirit of ecstasy. His recitation is closely joined with the devotional mood of the words.
As soon as He recites it, He feels like Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. The verse highlights His experience of Her mood.
Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.
The mood of Antya 20 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:
Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta. In this way, He became absorbed in ecstatic emotions.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 20
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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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How does this verse connect reciting devotional words with their inner meaning?
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