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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.39
যাঁর চিত্তে কৃষ্ণপ্রেমা করয়ে উদয় ।
তাঁর বাক্য, ক্রিয়া, মুদ্রা বিজ্ঞেহ না বুঝয় ॥ ৩৯ ॥
yāṅra citte kṛṣṇa-premā karaye udaya
tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya
“Even the most learned man cannot understand the words, activities and symptoms of a person situated in love of Godhead.
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The verse describes a person situated in love of Godhead.
Even the most learned person cannot understand such a person’s words.
That person’s activities and symptoms also lie beyond the learned person’s understanding.
Quoted in the purport ofSB 7.8.40
In Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 23.39) it is said, tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bhujhaya: no one can understand the activities of the Lord’s servants.
Quoted in the purport ofCC Madhya 15.120
It is therefore said in the Caitanya-caritāmṛta (Madhya 23.39), tāṅra vākya, kriyā, mudrā vijñeha nā bujhaya: even the most perfect and learned scholar cannot understand a Vaiṣṇava’s activities.
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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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “love of godhead”
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How does this teaching invite humility when you try to understand someone situated in love of Godhead?
Pause today to reflect on the limits of learning in understanding love of Godhead.
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