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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 5.63

তবে রামানন্দ ক্রমে কহিতে লাগিলা ।

কৃষ্ণকথা-রসামৃত-সিন্ধু উথলিলা ॥ ৬৩ ॥

tabe rāmānanda krame kahite lāgilā

kṛṣṇa-kathā-rasāmṛta-sindhu uthalilā

Translation

Thereupon Rāmānanda Rāya gradually began speaking on topics of Kṛṣṇa. Thus the ocean of the transcendental mellows of those topics became agitated.

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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.

Topics of Kṛṣṇa Stir Transcendental Mellows

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya responds by speaking on topics of Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    He begins gradually, unfolding these topics for Pradyumna Miśra.

  3. 3

    The verse describes their transcendental mellows as an ocean that became agitated.

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:

Then Pradyumna Miśra went to see Rāmānanda Rāya again to hear about the transcendental truth from him. A brāhmaṇa from Bengal composed a drama about the activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and went to Jagannātha Purī to show it to the associates of the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereupon
  2. rāmānandaRāmānanda Rāya
  3. kramegradually
  4. kahite lāgilābegan to speak
  5. kṛṣṇa-kathāof the topics of Kṛṣṇa
  6. rasāmṛta-sindhuthe ocean of transcendental mellows
  7. uthalilābecame agitated
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might listening patiently help you appreciate topics of Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read this verse slowly, pausing over its image of an ocean of transcendental mellows.

Live this todayTopics of Kṛṣṇa Stir Transcendental MellowsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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