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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.104
রায় কহে, — তবে শুন প্রেমের মহিমা ।
ত্রিজগতে রাধা-প্রেমের নাহিক উপমা ॥ ১০৪ ॥
rāya kahe, — tabe śuna premera mahimā
tri-jagate rādhā-premera nāhika upamā
Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “Please therefore hear from me about the glories of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s loving affairs. They are beyond compare within these three worlds.
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Rāmānanda Rāya asks his listener to hear further.
He wishes to describe the glories of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s loving affairs.
He declares that these loving affairs are beyond compare within the three worlds.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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 spoke of detached action, knowledge mixed with devotional service, and finally the spontaneous loving service of the Lord. After hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
With what attention do I receive this invitation to hear about Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s glories?
Spend one quiet minute rereading this invitation to hear about Her incomparable loving affairs.
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