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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.159
হ্লাদিনীর সার অংশ, তার ‘প্রেম’ নাম ।
আনন্দচিন্ময়রস প্রেমের আখ্যান ॥ ১৫৯ ॥
hlādinīra sāra aṁśa, tāra ‘prema’ nāma
ānanda-cinmaya-rasa premera ākhyāna
“The most essential part of this pleasure potency is love of Godhead [prema]. Consequently, the explanation of love of Godhead is also a transcendental mellow full of pleasure.
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Love of Godhead is called prema.
Prema is the most essential part of the pleasure potency.
Love of Godhead is explained as a transcendental mellow full of pleasure.
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:
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.
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: “love of godhead”, “prema”
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”
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How does identifying love of Godhead as the essence of pleasure potency deepen your understanding of prema?
Write down the word prema and its meaning, then reread the verse once.
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