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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 7.65
পাণ্ডিত্য আর ভক্তিরস, — দুঁহের তেঁহো সীমা ।
সম্ভাষিলে জানিবে তুমি তাঁহার মহিমা ॥ ৬৫ ॥
pāṇḍitya āra bhakti-rasa, — duṅhera teṅho sīmā
sambhāṣile jānibe tumi tāṅhāra mahimā
“He is a most learned scholar as well as an expert in devotional mellows. Actually he is most exalted, and if You talk with him, You will see how glorious he is.
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Rāmānanda Rāya was a most learned scholar.
He was also an expert in devotional mellows and a most exalted person.
Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said that speaking with him would reveal how glorious he was.
Expansive compassion. The Lord carries nāma and mercy from village to village, including deliverance of Vāsudeva.
The mood of Madhya 7 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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was beginning His tour, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya gave Him four sets of clothes and requested Him to see Rāmānanda Rāya, who was residing at that time on the bank of the river Godāvarī. Along with other devotees, Nityānanda Prabhu accompanied the Lord to Ālālanātha, but there Lord Caitanya left them all behind and went ahead with the brāhmaṇa Kṛṣṇadāsa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 7
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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 might attentive conversation help you recognize another person’s devotional depth?
Ask a devotee one sincere question about devotional life, and listen carefully to the answer.
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