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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.292
এইরূপ দশরাত্রি রামানন্দ-সঙ্গে ।
সুখে গোঙাইলা প্রভু কৃষ্ণকথা-রঙ্গে ॥ ২৯২ ॥
ei-rūpa daśa-rātri rāmānanda-saṅge
sukhe goṅāilā prabhu kṛṣṇa-kathā-raṅge
For ten nights Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya spent a happy time discussing the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.
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Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya spent ten nights together.
They spent those nights discussing the pastimes of Kṛṣṇa.
Their discussions were a happy time for both of them.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “discussing”
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place could discussion of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes have in your day?
Set aside a few minutes today to discuss a pastime of Kṛṣṇa that you have read.
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