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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.217
এই দুই গুণ ব্যাপে সব ভক্তজনে ।
আকাশের ‘শব্দ’-গুণ যেন ভূতগণে ॥ ২১৭ ॥
ei dui guṇa vyāpe saba bhakta-jane
ākāśera ‘śabda’-guṇa yena bhūta-gaṇe
“These two qualities of the śānta stage spread through the lives of all devotees. They are like the quality of sound in the sky. Sound vibration is found in all material elements.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The two qualities of śānta-rasa are present in all kinds of devotees.
These qualities remain in dāsya-rasa, sakhya-rasa, vātsalya-rasa and madhura-rasa.
Sound exists in the sky, or ether, and also in air, fire, water and earth. Similarly, the qualities of śānta-rasa extend throughout the different devotional relationships.
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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then extensively describes the living condition of Śrī Rūpa and Sanātana at Vṛndāvana. During the ten days at Prayāga, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was instructed by the Lord, who gave him the basic principles of the Bhakti-rasāmṛta-sindhu.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: “relationships”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example of sound help me understand what different devotional relationships share?
Write one sentence explaining how sound in all material elements illustrates the presence of śānta qualities in all devotees.
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