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  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 8.15Madhya 8.17

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.16

প্রভু তাঁরে দেখি’ জানিল — এই রামরায় ।

তাঁহারে মিলিতে প্রভুর মন উঠি’ ধায় ॥ ১৬ ॥

prabhu tāṅre dekhi’ jānila — ei rāma-rāya

tāṅhāre milite prabhura mana uṭhi’ dhāya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu could understand that the person who had come to bathe in the river was Rāmānanda Rāya. The Lord wanted so much to meet him that His mind immediately began running after him.

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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.

The Lord Longs to Meet Rāmānanda Rāya

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu understood that the person who had come to bathe was Rāmānanda Rāya.

  2. 2

    The Lord wanted very much to meet him.

  3. 3

    His desire was so strong that His mind immediately began running after Rāmānanda Rāya.

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:

After visiting the temple of Jiyaḍa-nṛsiṁha, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the banks of the river Godāvarī, to a place known as Vidyānagara. When Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya went there to take his bath, they met.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. tāṅrehim
  3. dekhi’seeing
  4. jānilacould understand
  5. eithis
  6. rāma-rāyaŚrīla Rāmānanda Rāya
  7. tāṅhārehim
  8. militeto meet
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the phrase “His mind immediately began running after him” convey about the Lord’s desire to meet Rāmānanda Rāya?

Practice

Pause for a moment today to reflect on the Lord’s eagerness to meet Rāmānanda Rāya.

Live this todayThe Lord Longs to Meet Rāmānanda RāyaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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