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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.200
মোর মুখে বক্তা তুমি, তুমি হও শ্রোতা ।
অত্যন্ত রহস্য, শুন, সাধনের কথা ॥ ২০০ ॥
mora mukhe vaktā tumi, tumi hao śrotā
atyanta rahasya, śuna, sādhanera kathā
“Actually You are speaking through my mouth, and at the same time You are listening. This is very mysterious. Anyway, kindly hear the explanation of the process by which the goal can be attained.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya says that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is speaking through his mouth while also listening. He calls this very mysterious.
He asks Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear the process by which the goal can be attained.
Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī advises hearing about Kṛṣṇa from a Vaiṣṇava. He explicitly forbids hearing from an avaiṣṇava.
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:
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vṛndāvana, especially by the mercy of the gopīs. All these subject matters were thus vividly described.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.
Am I careful to hear about Kṛṣṇa from a Vaiṣṇava?
Today, spend a few minutes hearing about Kṛṣṇa from a Vaiṣṇava.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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