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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.210
তোমার হৃদয় আমি জানি পত্রীদ্বারে ।
তোমা শিখাইতে শ্লোক পাঠাইল তোমারে ॥ ২১০ ॥
tomāra hṛdaya āmi jāni patrī-dvāre
tomā śikhāite śloka pāṭhāila tomāre
“By your letters, I could understand your heart. Therefore, in order to teach you, I sent you one verse, which reads as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that the brothers’ letters enabled Him to understand their heart.
He responded by sending them one verse.
He explains that He sent the verse in order to teach them.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord. There is also a description of the many books written by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī and Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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