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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 8.140Madhya 8.142

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.141

নানা-ভক্তের রসামৃত নানাবিধ হয় ।

সেই সব রসামৃতের ‘বিষয়’ ‘আশ্রয়’ ॥ ১৪১ ॥

nānā-bhaktera rasāmṛta nānā-vidha haya

sei saba rasāmṛtera ‘viṣaya’ ‘āśraya’

Translation

“Each and every devotee has a certain type of transcendental mellow in relation to Kṛṣṇa. But in all transcendental relationships the devotee is the worshiper [āśraya] and Kṛṣṇa is the object of worship [viṣaya].

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa is the object of every devotee’s worship

  1. 1

    Each devotee has a particular transcendental mellow, or relationship, with Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    In every such relationship, the devotee is the worshiper, called āśraya.

  3. 3

    Kṛṣṇa is always the object of worship, called viṣaya.

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:

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature. First of all, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya enunciated the system of the varṇāśrama institution.
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. nānā-bhakteraof various types of devotees
  2. rasa-amṛtathe nectar of devotion or transcendental mellows
  3. nānā-vidhadifferent varieties
  4. hayathere are
  5. sei sabaall these
  6. rasa-amṛteraof the nectar of devotion
  7. viṣayasubject
  8. āśrayaobject
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellow”, “relationships”, “relationship”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does remembering Kṛṣṇa as the object of worship clarify my place as a devotee?

Practice

Write down the two terms āśraya and viṣaya, noting which refers to the devotee and which to Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa is the object of every devotee’s worshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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