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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 7.38
দামোদর-স্বরূপ — ‘প্রেমরস’ মূর্তিমান্ ।
যাঁর সঙ্গে হৈল ব্রজ-মধুর-রস-জ্ঞান ॥ ৩৮ ॥
dāmodara-svarūpa — ‘prema-rasa’ mūrtimān
yāṅra saṅge haila vraja-madhura-rasa-jñāna
“The transcendental mellows of ecstatic love are personified by Svarūpa Dāmodara. By his association I have understood Vṛndāvana’s transcendental mellow of conjugal love.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara personifies the transcendental mellows of ecstatic love.
The speaker credits association with Svarūpa Dāmodara for his understanding of Vṛndāvana’s transcendental mellow of conjugal love.
The following verse clarifies that this love is free from material lust and has only Kṛṣṇa’s satisfaction as its purpose.
Pride softened by grace. Humor and correction lead toward humility and a relationship of devotion.
The mood of Antya 7 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:
In this chapter, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meeting with Vallabha Bhaṭṭa is described. There was some joking behavior between these two personalities, and finally Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu corrected Vallabha Bhaṭṭa and sympathetically accepted an invitation from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 7
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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”, “conjugal”
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”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does this verse suggest about the value of association with someone who embodies devotional love?
Read this verse together with the next, noting how the next verse clarifies the nature of conjugal love.
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