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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 8.276Madhya 8.278

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.277

রাধাকৃষ্ণে তোমার মহাপ্রেম হয় ।

যাহাঁ তাহাঁ রাধাকৃষ্ণ তোমারে স্ফুরয় ॥ ২৭৭ ॥

rādhā-kṛṣṇe tomāra mahā-prema haya

yāhāṅ tāhāṅ rādhā-kṛṣṇa tomāre sphuraya

Translation

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “My dear Rāya, you are an advanced devotee and are always filled with ecstatic love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa. Therefore whatever you see — anywhere and everywhere — simply awakens your Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”

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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.

Love Awakens Remembrance of Kṛṣṇa Everywhere

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu describes Rāya as an advanced devotee.

  2. 2

    Rāya is always filled with ecstatic love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Whatever he sees, anywhere and everywhere, awakens his Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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:

Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya also explained that all stages of conjugal love can be attained through the mercy of the residents of Vṛndāvana, especially by the mercy of the gopīs.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rādhā-kṛṣṇeunto Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
  2. tomārayour
  3. mahā-premagreat love
  4. hayathere is
  5. yāhāṅ tāhāṅanywhere and everywhere
  6. rādhā-kṛṣṇaLord Kṛṣṇa and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī
  7. tomāreunto you
  8. sphurayaappear
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

  • 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: “rādhā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What in your surroundings helps you remember Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Pause once today and let something you see remind you of Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayLove Awakens Remembrance of Kṛṣṇa EverywhereThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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