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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.286
মোর তত্ত্বলীলা-রস তোমার গোচরে ।
অতএব এইরূপ দেখাইলুঁ তোমারে ॥ ২৮৬ ॥
mora tattva-līlā-rasa tomāra gocare
ataeva ei-rūpa dekhāiluṅ tomāre
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed, “All the truths about My pastimes and mellows are within your knowledge. Therefore I have shown this form to you.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirmed Rāmānanda Rāya’s knowledge of His pastimes.
Rāmānanda Rāya knew all the truths about the Lord’s pastimes and mellows.
The Lord explained that He had shown this form to Rāmānanda Rāya because of that knowledge.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mellows”
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How does the Lord connect Rāmānanda Rāya’s knowledge with seeing His form?
Reread the translation and identify the reason the Lord gives for showing His form.
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