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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 8.129Madhya 8.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 8.130-131

যদ্যপি রায় — প্রেমী, মহাভাগবতে ।

তাঁর মন কৃষ্ণমায়া নারে আচ্ছাদিতে ॥ ১৩০ ॥

yadyapi rāya — premī, mahā-bhāgavate

tāṅra mana kṛṣṇa-māyā nāre ācchādite

Translation

Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya was a great devotee of the Lord and a lover of God, and although his mind could not be covered by Kṛṣṇa’s illusory energy, and although he could understand the mind of the Lord, which was very strong and intense, Rāmānanda’s mind became a little agitated.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Act According to the Lord’s Desires

  1. 1

    The perfect devotee always acts according to the desires of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. A materialistic person is carried away by the waves of the illusory energy.

  2. 2

    A person under the material energy is a servant of māyā. A person in the spiritual energy is a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.

  3. 3

    Rāmānanda Rāya knew that nothing was unknown to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Still, he spoke further because the Lord desired it.

Key points from the purport
  • A person under the grip of the material energy is carried away by the waves of that illusory energy.
  • However, a person in the spiritual energy is a servant of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
  • Although Rāmānanda Rāya knew that nothing was unknown to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he nonetheless began to speak further on the subject because the Lord desired it.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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

Further reading

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. yadyapialthough
  2. rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
  3. premīa great lover of Kṛṣṇa
  4. mahā-bhāgavatea topmost devotee
  5. tāṅrahis
  6. manamind
  7. kṛṣṇa-māyāthe illusory energy of Kṛṣṇa
  8. nārenot able
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lover”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servant”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Rāmānanda Rāya’s willingness to serve guide my attitude today?

Practice

Before one devotional activity today, pause and make pleasing the Lord your intention.

Live this todayAct According to the Lord’s DesiresThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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