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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.150
এই ত’ সংক্ষেপে কহিল কৃষ্ণের স্বরূপ ।
এবে সংক্ষেপে কহি শুন রাধা-তত্ত্বরূপ ॥ ১৫০ ॥
ei ta’ saṅkṣepe kahila kṛṣṇera svarūpa
ebe saṅkṣepe kahi śuna rādhā-tattva-rūpa
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya then said, “I have thus briefly explained the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Now let me describe the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya said that he had explained the original form of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
He described his explanation as brief.
He then announced that he would describe the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What subject does Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya now invite you to hear about?
Write down the two subjects named here, in the order Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya presents them.
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