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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.191
প্রভু কহে, — “এহো হয়, আগে কহ আর” ।
রায় কহে, — “ইহা বই বুদ্ধি-গতি নাহি আর ॥ ১৯১ ॥
prabhu kahe, — eho haya, āge kaha āra
rāya kahe, — ihā va-i buddhi-gati nāhi āra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “This is all right, but please continue.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted what He had heard, saying, “This is all right.”
He then asked Rāya Rāmānanda to continue.
Rāya Rāmānanda replied that he did not think his intelligence went beyond this.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love. He then spoke of how conjugal love can be developed in various ways.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 can Rāya Rāmānanda’s reply help you acknowledge the limits of your own understanding?
During today’s study, write down one point beyond your present understanding.
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