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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.101
প্রভু কহে, — আগে কহ, শুনিতে পাই সুখে ।
অপূর্বামৃত-নদী বহে তোমার মুখে ॥ ১০১ ॥
prabhu kahe — āge kaha, śunite pāi sukhe
apūrvāmṛta-nadī vahe tomāra mukhe
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Please speak on. I am very happy to hear you because a river of unprecedented nectar is flowing from your mouth.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks the speaker to continue.
He says that hearing these words makes Him very happy.
He describes the words flowing from the speaker’s mouth as a river of unprecedented nectar.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After visiting the temple of Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the banks of the river Godāvarī, to a place known as Vidyānagara. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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