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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.238
প্রভু কহে, — আইলাঙ শুনি’ তোমার গুণ ।
কৃষ্ণকথা শুনি, শুদ্ধ করাইতে মন ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, — āilāṅa śuni’ tomāra guṇa
kṛṣṇa-kathā śuni, śuddha karāite mana
The Lord replied, “Having heard about your good qualities, I have come here. I have come to hear about Kṛṣṇa from you and thus purify My mind.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord says that hearing about His companion’s good qualities brought Him there.
He has come specifically to hear about Kṛṣṇa.
The Lord expresses His purpose as hearing about Kṛṣṇa and thus purifying His mind.
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:
This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.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.
Do I approach hearing about Kṛṣṇa with a desire for a purified mind?
Spend a few quiet minutes today hearing or reading about Kṛṣṇa.
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