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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.261
দোঁহে নিজ-নিজ-কার্যে চলিলা বিহানে ।
সন্ধ্যাকালে রায় আসি’ মিলিলা আর দিনে ॥ ২৬১ ॥
doṅhe nija-nija-kārye calilā vihāne
sandhyā-kāle rāya āsi’ mililā āra dine
The next morning they both departed to perform their respective duties, but in the evening Rāmānanda Rāya returned to meet the Lord again.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The next morning, the Lord and Rāmānanda Rāya both departed.
Each went to perform his respective duties.
In the evening, Rāmānanda Rāya returned to meet the Lord again.
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:
He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.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.
How can you make time for the Lord while attending to your duties?
Set aside a few minutes this evening to return to your study of the Lord.
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