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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.255
‘শ্রবণমধ্যে জীবের কোন্ শ্রেষ্ঠ শ্রবণ?’
‘রাধাকৃষ্ণ-প্রেমকেলি কর্ণ-রসায়ন ॥’ ২৫৫ ॥
‘śravaṇa-madhye jīvera kon śreṣṭha śravaṇa?’
‘rādhā-kṛṣṇa-prema-keli karṇa-rasāyana’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked, “Out of all topics people listen to, which is best for all living entities?”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks which topic of hearing is best for all living entities.
Rāmānanda Rāya points to the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
He describes hearing about Their loving affairs as most pleasing to the ear.
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 some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī. These descriptions of the meetings between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are taken from the notebook of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.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.
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: “rādhā”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make room to hear about Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a few minutes today hearing or reading aloud about the loving affairs between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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