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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.269
তোমার সম্মুখে দেখি কাঞ্চন-পঞ্চালিকা ।
তাঁর গৌরকান্ত্যে তোমার সর্ব অঙ্গ ঢাকা ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
tomāra sammukhe dekhi kāñcana-pañcālikā
tāṅra gaura-kāntye tomāra sarva aṅga ḍhākā
“I now see You appearing like a golden doll, and Your entire body appears covered by a golden luster.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmānanda Rāya saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appearing like a golden doll.
Although Śyāmasundara is blackish, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu appeared golden.
His lustrous body was covered by the bodily complexion of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
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:
All these subject matters were thus vividly described. Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the purport explain about the golden appearance Rāmānanda Rāya saw?
Read the translation slowly, then recall whose bodily complexion covered Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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