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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.104
রসগণ-মধ্যে তুমি শ্রেষ্ঠ মান’ কায় ?
‘আদ্য এব পরো রসঃ’ — কহে উপাধ্যায় ॥ ১০৪ ॥
rasa-gaṇa-madhye tumi śreṣṭha māna’ kāya?
‘ādya eva paro rasaḥ’ — kahe upādhyāya
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Among all the mellows, which do you consider best?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks which mellow is best.
Raghupati Upādhyāya’s answer is the mellow of conjugal love.
He describes this mellow as supermost, placing it above all the other mellows.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finally reached Prayāga and met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for ten successive days.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the 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”, “mellow”, “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: “love”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Raghupati Upādhyāya’s word “supermost” tell you about his conclusion?
Read the question and reply together once, then write the conclusion in your own words.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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