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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.117
প্রভু কহে — যে লাগি’ আইলাম তোমা-স্থানে ।
সেই সব তত্ত্ববস্তু হৈল মোর জ্ঞানে ॥ ১১৭ ॥
prabhu kahe — ye lāgi’ āilāma tomā-sthāne
sei saba tattva-vastu haila mora jñāne
After hearing this, Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Rāmānanda Rāya, “That for which I have come to your residence has now become an object of truth in My knowledge.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu spoke to Rāmānanda Rāya after hearing him.
He said that He had come to Rāmānanda Rāya’s residence for a particular purpose.
What He had come for had now become an object of truth in His knowledge.
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:
After hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to explain the higher platform of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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