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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 8.288Madhya 8.290

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.289

তোমার ঠাঞি আমার কিছু গুপ্ত নাহি কর্ম ।

লুকাইলে প্রেম-বলে জান সর্বমর্ম ॥ ২৮৯ ॥

tomāra ṭhāñi āmāra kichu gupta nāhi karma

lukāile prema-bale jāna sarva-marma

Translation

Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu then admitted to His pure devotee, Rāmānanda Rāya, “Now there is no confidential activity unknown to you. Even though I try to conceal My activities, you can understand everything in detail by virtue of your advanced love for Me.”

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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.

Advanced Love Understands the Lord’s Confidential Activities

  1. 1

    Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed Rāmānanda Rāya as His pure devotee.

  2. 2

    He acknowledged that no confidential activity was now unknown to Rāmānanda Rāya.

  3. 3

    Even when the Lord tried to conceal His activities, Rāmānanda Rāya understood them in detail by virtue of his advanced love for Him.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāra ṭhāñibefore you
  2. āmāraMy
  3. kichuanything
  4. guptahidden
  5. nāhiis not
  6. karmaaction
  7. lukāileeven if I conceal
  8. prema-baleby the force of your love
  9. jānayou know
  10. sarva-marmaeverything in detail
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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”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “pure devotee”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this verse teach you about the connection between love for the Lord and understanding Him?

Practice

Write down what enabled Rāmānanda Rāya to understand the Lord’s confidential activities.

Live this todayAdvanced Love Understands the Lord’s Confidential ActivitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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