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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.322
এই মত কহিলুঁ এক শ্লোকের ব্যাখ্যান ।
বাতুলের প্রলাপ করি’ কে করে প্রমাণ ? ৩২২ ॥
ei mata kahiluṅ eka ślokera vyākhyāna
vātulera pralāpa kari’ ke kare pramāṇa?
“In this way, like a madman, I have explained the meaning of just one verse. I do not know who will take this as evidence.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says He has explained the meaning of just one verse.
He describes Himself as speaking “like a madman.” The following verse connects this expression with His extraordinary love of God.
He says He does not know who will accept His explanation as evidence.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
The mood of Madhya 24 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:
He then concluded that different classes of transcendentalists ( jñānīs, karmīs, yogīs ) utilize this verse according to their own interpretation, but if they would give up this process and surrender to Kṛṣṇa, as indicated by the verse itself, they would be able to comprehend the real meaning of the verse.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “love”
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What do you notice about the humility of these words after such an extensive explanation?
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