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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.121
রায় কহে, — ইহা আমি কিছুই না জানি ।
তুমি যেই কহাও, সেই কহি আমি বাণী ॥ ১২১ ॥
rāya kahe, — ihā āmi kichui nā jāni
tumi yei kahāo, sei kahi āmi vāṇī
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “I do not know anything about this. I simply vibrate the sound You make me speak.
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Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya replies that he does not know anything about this.
He describes his speaking as simply vibrating sound.
He credits the person addressing him with making him speak, rather than claiming the words as his own.
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:
First of all, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya enunciated the system of the varṇāśrama institution. He recited various verses about karmārpaṇa, stating that everything should be dedicated to the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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