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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.17
যাঁহার হৃদয়ে এই ভাবাঙ্কুর হয় ।
তাঁহাতে এতেক চিহ্ন সর্বশাস্ত্রে কয় ॥ ১৭ ॥
yāṅhāra hṛdaye ei bhāvāṅkura haya
tāṅhāte eteka cihna sarva-śāstre kaya
“If one actually has the seed of transcendental emotion in his heart, the symptoms will be visible in his activities. That is the verdict of all revealed scriptures.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The seed of transcendental emotion may be present in the heart.
When that seed is actually present, its symptoms will be visible in one’s activities.
All revealed scriptures affirm that inward transcendental emotion has visible symptoms.
Theological emotional crescendo. Bhāva, prema, the devotional rasas, and mahābhāva are systematically expounded.
The mood of Madhya 23 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes the symptoms of emotion and love and the awakening of one’s original loving relationship with the Lord, as well as the characteristics of a devotee who has actually attained that stage. He then describes the gradual increase of love of God up to the point of mahābhāva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do your activities reveal about the devotional feelings you hold in your heart?
Review one action from today and consider whether it reflects your devotional feelings.
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