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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 24.8
কিবা প্ৰলাপিলাঙ, কিছু নাহিক স্মরণে ।
তোমার সঙ্গ-বলে যদি কিছু হয় মনে ॥ ৮ ॥
kibā pralāpilāṅa, kichu nāhika smaraṇe
tomāra saṅga-bale yadi kichu haya mane
“I do not recall what I spoke in that connection, but if something comes to My mind due to association with you, I shall explain it.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said He did not recall what He had spoken in that connection.
He allowed that something might come to His mind through association with His listener.
He offered to explain whatever came to mind.
Intellectual wonder humbled. Many explanations converge on the attractiveness of devotion; a hunter’s heart is transformed.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The following summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. According to Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī’s request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explained the well-known Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam verse beginning ātmārāmāś ca munayaḥ.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 24
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Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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