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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.23
স্বাভাবিক প্রেম দোঁহার উদয় করিলা ।
দুঁহা আলিঙ্গিয়া দুঁহে ভূমিতে পড়িলা ॥ ২৩ ॥
svābhāvika prema doṅhāra udaya karilā
duṅhā āliṅgiyā duṅhe bhūmite paḍilā
Their natural love for each other was awakened in them both, and they embraced and fell to the ground.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was an incarnation of the gopī Viśākhā, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself. Love therefore awakened naturally between them.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu is the combination of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and Kṛṣṇa. Viśākhā is a principal gopī assisting Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
Their natural love for each other awakened, and they embraced and fell to the ground.
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:
After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
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”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing their identities help you understand the natural love in their meeting?
Reread the purport once, remembering its teaching that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Lord Kṛṣṇa Himself.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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