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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.129
তুমি শুনি’ শুনি’ রহ মৌন মাত্র ধরি’ ।
হৃদয়ে কি আছে তোমার, বুঝিতে না পারি ॥ ১২৯ ॥
tumi śuni’ śuni’ raha mauna mātra dhari’
hṛdaye ki āche tomāra, bujhite nā pāri
“You are hearing again and again, yet You keep silent. I cannot understand what is actually within Your mind.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya noted that Caitanya Mahāprabhu was hearing again and again.
Despite this repeated hearing, Caitanya Mahāprabhu remained silent.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said he could not understand what was actually within His mind.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
The mood of Madhya 6 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:
Because of His silence, the Bhaṭṭācārya asked Him whether He was understanding the Vedānta philosophy, and the Lord replied, “Sir, I can understand Vedānta philosophy very clearly, but I cannot understand your explanations.” There was then a discussion between the Bhaṭṭācārya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu concerning the authority of the Vedic scriptures, specifically the Upaniṣads and Vedānta-sūtra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I listen silently, what might the speaker still need to know about my thoughts?
Share one sincere thought or question with someone whose explanation you have been hearing.
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