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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.133
মোর জিহ্বা — বীণাযন্ত্র, তুমি — বীণা-ধারী ।
তোমার মনে যেই উঠে, তাহাই উচ্চারি ॥ ১৩৩ ॥
mora jihvā — vīṇā-yantra, tumi — vīṇā-dhārī
tomāra mane yei uṭhe, tāhāi uccāri
“My dear Lord, my tongue is just like a stringed instrument, and You are its player. Therefore I simply vibrate whatever arises in Your mind.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmānanda Rāya compares his tongue to a stringed instrument.
He addresses the Lord as the player of that instrument.
He says that he simply vibrates whatever arises in the Lord’s mind.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might viewing my tongue as an instrument for the Lord change my attitude toward speaking?
Before speaking about the Lord today, pause and pray that your words may serve Him.
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