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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.234
এইমত মধুরে সব ভাব-সমাহার ।
অতএব আস্বাদাধিক্যে করে চমৎকার ॥ ২৩৪ ॥
ei-mata madhure saba bhāva-samāhāra
ataeva āsvādādhikye kare camatkāra
“Similarly, on the platform of conjugal love, all the feelings of the devotees are amalgamated. The intensified taste is certainly wonderful.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
On the platform of conjugal love, all the feelings of the devotees are brought together.
In this union, the taste becomes intensified.
This intensified taste is described as certainly wonderful.
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:
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. The Lord then sent Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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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: “love”
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: “conjugal”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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What strikes you about all devotional feelings coming together in an intensified taste?
Read the translation aloud once, pausing over the words “all the feelings” and “certainly wonderful.”
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