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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.291
আমি — এক বাতুল, তুমি দ্বিতীয় — বাতুল ।
অতএব তোমায় আমায় হই সমতুল ॥ ২৯১ ॥
āmi — eka bātula, tumi — dvitīya bātula
ataeva tomāya āmāya ha-i sama-tula
Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said, “Indeed, I am a madman, and you are also a madman. Therefore we are on the same platform.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Material conceptions and the conditioning of mundane philosophy prevent people from understanding these ecstatic conversations.
Those overly attached to mundane activities may find these talks ludicrous. One who is actually advanced in Kṛṣṇa consciousness can understand them.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He and Rāmānanda Rāya both appeared like madmen and were therefore on the same platform. He requested secrecy because the general populace could misunderstand their conversations.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Madhya 8.291 quotesBG 2.69
It is confirmed in the Bhagavad-gītā (2.69):
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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
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “conversations”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might material conceptions affect the way you approach these conversations?
Notice one material assumption you bring to these talks, and reread the verse without rushing to judge it.
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