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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.271
এইমত তোমা দেখি’ হয় চমৎকার ।
অকপটে কহ, প্রভু, কারণ ইহার ॥ ২৭১ ॥
ei-mata tomā dekhi’ haya camatkāra
akapaṭe kaha, prabhu, kāraṇa ihāra
“I actually see You in this way, and this is very wonderful. My Lord, please tell me without duplicity what is causing this.”
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The speaker affirms that he actually sees the Lord in this way.
He finds what he sees very wonderful.
He asks the Lord to explain without duplicity what is causing this.
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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