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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.245
প্রভু কহে, — “কোন্ বিদ্যা বিদ্যা-মধ্যে সার?”
রায় কহে, — “কৃষ্ণভক্তি বিনা বিদ্যা নাহি আর ॥” ২৪৫ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “kon vidyā vidyā-madhye sāra?”
rāya kahe, — “kṛṣṇa-bhakti vinā vidyā nāhi āra”
On one occasion the Lord inquired, “Of all types of education, which is the most important?”
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The Lord asks which type of education is most important.
Rāmānanda Rāya identifies transcendental devotional service of Kṛṣṇa as the essential education.
His reply gives no other education importance apart from devotional service of Kṛṣṇa.
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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 then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta. 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.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could your learning support devotional service of Kṛṣṇa?
Take a moment today to consider how one thing you are learning could support your service to Kṛṣṇa.
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