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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 8.279 Madhya 8.281

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.280

নিজগূঢ়কার্য তোমার — প্রেম আস্বাদন ।

আনুষঙ্গে প্রেমময় কৈলে ত্রিভুবন ॥ ২৮০ ॥

nija-gūḍha-kārya tomāra — prema āsvādana

ānuṣaṅge prema-maya kaile tribhuvana

Translation

“My dear Lord, You have descended in this incarnation of Lord Caitanya for Your own personal reasons. You have come to taste Your own spiritual bliss, and at the same time You are transforming the whole world by spreading the ecstasy of love of Godhead.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Tasting Bliss and Spreading Love of Godhead

1
The Lord has descended as Lord Caitanya for His own personal reasons.
2
He has come to taste His own spiritual bliss.
3
At the same time, He transforms the whole world by spreading the ecstasy of love of Godhead.

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

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Then Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya explained unalloyed devotional service, love of Godhead, and serving the Lord in the moods of pure servitude, fraternity and parental love. Finally he spoke of serving the Lord in conjugal love.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

nija-gūḍha-kāryaown confidential business
tomāraYour
prematranscendental love
āsvādanatasting
ānuṣaṅgesimultaneously
prema-mayatransformed into love of God
kaileYou have made
tri-bhuvanaall the world

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: “love of godhead”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse connect the Lord’s own bliss with His gift to the world?

Practice

Take a moment today to appreciate Lord Caitanya’s gift of love of Godhead.

Live this todayTasting Bliss and Spreading Love of GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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