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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.160

তার মধ্যে কহিলুঁ রামানন্দের মহিমা ।

আপনে শ্রীমুখে প্রভু বর্ণে যাঁর সীমা ॥ ১৬০ ॥

tāra madhye kahiluṅ rāmānandera mahimā

āpane śrī-mukhe prabhu varṇe yāṅra sīmā

Translation

Within the narration I have explained the glorious characteristics of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, through whom Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally described the limits of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Ecstatic Love Revealed Through Rāmānanda Rāya

  1. 1

    The narration explains the glorious characteristics of Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya.

  2. 2

    Through Rāmānanda Rāya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally described the limits of ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    The subject of this teaching is ecstatic love for Kṛṣṇa. Rāmānanda Rāya’s glory is connected with his role in revealing it.

How it feels

Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.

The mood of Antya 5 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 5: How Pradyumna Miśra Received Instructions from Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Although Svarūpa Dāmodara condemned the entire drama, by reference to secondary meanings of the introductory verse he nevertheless satisfied the brāhmaṇa. That brāhmaṇa poet thus became greatly obliged to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, renounced his family connections and stayed at Jagannātha Purī with the associates of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tāra madhyewithin these statements
  2. kahiluṅI have explained
  3. rāmānandera mahimāthe glories of Rāmānanda Rāya
  4. āpanepersonally
  5. śrī-mukhefrom his mouth
  6. prabhuthe Lord
  7. varṇeexplains
  8. yāṅraof whom
  9. sīmāthe limit of ecstatic love
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Key ideas in this 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 for krsna”, “ecstatic love”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse help you appreciate about Rāmānanda Rāya’s role?

Practice

Reread the translation and note who speaks through Rāmānanda Rāya and what He describes.

Live this todayEcstatic Love Revealed Through Rāmānanda RāyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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