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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.120
কৃপা করি’ এই তত্ত্ব কহ ত’ আমারে ।
তোমা-বিনা কেহ ইহা নিরূপিতে নারে ॥ ১২০ ॥
kṛpā kari’ ei tattva kaha ta’ āmāre
tomā-vinā keha ihā nirūpite nāre
“Kindly explain all these truths to Me. But for yourself, no one can ascertain them.”
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The speaker kindly asks for all these truths to be explained.
The request expresses a desire for a full explanation.
The speaker declares that no one but the person addressed can ascertain these truths.
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 this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to explain the higher platform of devotional service. Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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What does this request teach you about respect for someone able to explain spiritual truth?
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