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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.257
‘মুক্তি, ভুক্তি বাঞ্ছে যেই, কাহাঁ দুঁহার গতি?’
‘স্থাবরদেহ, দেবদেহ যৈছে অবস্থিতি ॥’ ২৫৭ ॥
‘mukti, bhukti vāñche yei, kāhāṅ duṅhāra gati?’
‘sthāvara-deha, deva-deha yaiche avasthiti’
“And what is the destination of those who desire liberation and those who desire sense gratification?” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks about the destinations of those who desire liberation and those who desire sense gratification.
Rāmānanda Rāya says that those who attempt to merge into the Supreme Lord’s existence will have to accept bodies like those of trees.
Those who are overly inclined toward sense gratification will attain the bodies of demigods.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What desires am I cultivating, and have I considered their destinations?
Take one minute today to examine whether a desire you are nurturing is overly directed toward sense gratification.
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