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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.126
তেঁহো কহে — আমি নাহি জানি কৃষ্ণকথা ।
সবে রামানন্দ জানে, তেঁহো নাহি এথা ॥ ১২৬ ॥
teṅho kahe — āmi nāhi jāni kṛṣṇa-kathā
sabe rāmānanda jāne, teṅho nāhi ethā
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya told me, ‘I do not actually know about the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa. They are all known only to Rāmānanda Rāya, but he is not present here.’”
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Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya said that he did not actually know about the topics of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
He credited Rāmānanda Rāya with knowing all these topics.
He also explained that Rāmānanda Rāya was not present there.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I honestly acknowledge what I do not know and recognize someone who knows more?
Identify one question about Lord Kṛṣṇa that you cannot yet answer, and note whom you could ask.
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