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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 23.94
এই রস অনুভবে যৈছে ভক্তগণ ।
যৈছে রস হয়, শুন তাহার লক্ষণ ॥ ৯৪ ॥
ei rasa anubhave yaiche bhakta-gaṇa
yaiche rasa haya, śuna tāhāra lakṣaṇa
“Now hear how the mellows appear and how they are realized by the devotees on different transcendental platforms.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The invitation is to hear how the transcendental mellows appear.
These mellows are realized by devotees.
Devotees realize them on different transcendental platforms.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then describes those candidates who are eligible to taste the mellows of devotional service. Their fundamental natures and their varieties are also described.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 23
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentively are you approaching this invitation to hear?
Pause for a moment, then reread this invitation slowly before continuing your study.
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