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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 8.281Madhya 8.283

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.282

তবে হাসি’ তাঁরে প্রভু দেখাইল স্বরূপ ।

‘রসরাজ’, ‘মহাভাব’ — দুই এক রূপ ॥ ২৮২ ॥

tabe hāsi’ tāṅre prabhu dekhāila svarūpa

‘rasa-rāja’, ‘mahābhāva’ — dui eka rūpa

Translation

Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the personification of ecstatic love of Godhead. These two forms had combined as one in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. This being the case, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu revealed His real form to Rāmānanda Rāya.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Śrī Caitanya Is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa Combined

  1. 1

    Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa is the reservoir of all pleasure, and Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is the personification of ecstatic love of Godhead.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is Kṛṣṇa Himself, absorbed in the features of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī. He is nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined.

  3. 3

    The Lord revealed His real form to Rāmānanda Rāya. An advanced devotee can understand this combined identity.

Key points from the purport
  • Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa was absorbed in the features of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī.
  • This was disclosed to Rāmānanda Rāya when he saw Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, being a combination of Kṛṣṇa and Rādhā, is nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

Gradually Rāmānanda Rāya could understand the position of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and when Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu exhibited His real form, Rāmānanda Rāya fell unconscious. After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabetherefore
  2. hāsi’smiling
  3. tāṅreunto him (Rāmānanda Rāya)
  4. prabhuthe Lord
  5. dekhāilashowed
  6. svarūpaHis personal form
  7. rasa-rājathe king of all transcendental humors
  8. mahā-bhāvathe condition of ecstatic love
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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: “love of godhead”, “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: “rādhārāṇī”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse deepen your understanding of who Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is?

Practice

Slowly repeat this teaching once: “Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is nondifferent from Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa combined.”

Live this todayŚrī Caitanya Is Rādhā-Kṛṣṇa CombinedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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