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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya
Madhya 8.262Madhya 8.264

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.263

‘কৃষ্ণতত্ত্ব’, ‘রাধাতত্ত্ব’, ‘প্রেমতত্ত্বসার’ ।

‘রসতত্ত্ব’ ‘লীলাতত্ত্ব’ বিবিধ প্রকার ॥ ২৬৩ ॥

‘kṛṣṇa-tattva’, ‘rādhā-tattva’, ‘prema-tattva-sāra’

‘rasa-tattva’ ‘līlā-tattva’ vividha prakāra

Translation

“There is a variety of transcendental truths — the truth about Kṛṣṇa, the truth about Rādhārāṇī, the truth about Their loving affairs, the truth about transcendental humors, and the truth about the Lord’s pastimes.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Variety of Transcendental Truths

  1. 1

    Rāmānanda Rāya speaks of a variety of transcendental truths.

  2. 2

    These include the truth about Kṛṣṇa, Rādhārāṇī, and Their loving affairs.

  3. 3

    They also include the truth about transcendental humors and the Lord’s pastimes.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛṣṇa-tattvathe truth about Kṛṣṇa
  2. rādhā-tattvathe truth about Rādhā
  3. prema-tattva-sārathe essence of Their loving affairs
  4. rasa-tattvathe truth about transcendental mellows
  5. līlā-tattvathe truth about the pastimes of the Lord
  6. vividha prakāraof different varieties
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Key ideas in this 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: “rādhārāṇī”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which of these transcendental truths would you like to understand more clearly?

Practice

Write down the subjects named in this verse and mark one you wish to study further.

Live this todayThe Variety of Transcendental TruthsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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