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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.198
রায় কহে, — যেই কহাও, সেই কহি বাণী ।
কি কহিয়ে ভাল-মন্দ, কিছুই না জানি ॥ ১৯৮ ॥
rāya kahe, — yei kahāo, sei kahi vāṇī
ki kahiye bhāla-manda, kichui nā jāni
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “I do not know what I am saying, but You have made me speak what I have spoken, be it good or bad. I am simply repeating that message.
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Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya says that he does not know what he is saying.
He credits Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with making him speak, whether his words are good or bad.
He describes himself as simply repeating the message.
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:
He then spoke of how conjugal love can be developed in various ways. This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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