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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.65
বক্তা শ্রোতা কহে শুনে দুঁহে প্রেমাবেশে ।
আত্মস্মৃতি নাহি, কাহাঁ জানিব দিন-শেষে ॥ ৬৫ ॥
vaktā śrotā kahe śune duṅhe premāveśe
ātma-smṛti nāhi, kāhāṅ jāniba dina-śeṣe
The speaker and listener spoke and heard in ecstatic love. Thus they forgot their bodily consciousness. How, then, could they perceive the end of the day?
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Both the speaker and the listener are absorbed in ecstatic love.
As they speak and hear topics of Kṛṣṇa, they forget their bodily consciousness.
Their absorption is so complete that they do not perceive the end of the day.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was training the deva-dāsī dancing girls in the temple, and when Pradyumna Miśra heard about this, he returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. The Lord, however, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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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: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the shared absorption of the speaker and listener reveal about hearing topics of Kṛṣṇa?
Set aside a few quiet minutes to read these topics of Kṛṣṇa without distractions.
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