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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

Madhya 8.128 Madhya 8.130-131

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.129

‘সন্ন্যাসী’ বলিয়া মোরে না করিহ বঞ্চন ।

কৃষ্ণ-রাধা-তত্ত্ব কহি’ পূর্ণ কর মন ॥ ১২৯ ॥

‘sannyāsī’ baliyā more nā kariha vañcana

kṛṣṇa-rādhā-tattva kahi’ pūrṇa kara mana

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Please do not try to cheat Me, thinking of Me as a learned sannyāsī. Please satisfy My mind by just describing the truth of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek the Truth of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks not to be cheated by being regarded as a learned sannyāsī.
2
He asks directly for a description of the truth of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
3
He says that hearing this truth will satisfy His mind.

How it feels

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

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

sannyāsīa person in the renounced order of life
baliyātaking as
moreMe
nā karihado not do
vañcanacheating
kṛṣṇa-rādhā-tattvathe truth about Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa
kahi’describing
pūrṇacomplete
karamake
manaMy mind

Key ideas in this verse

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: “rādhā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I seek recognition as learned, or do I seek to hear the truth of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Write one sincere question you would like to ask about the truth of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todaySeek the Truth of Rādhā and KṛṣṇaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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