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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 8.294Madhya 8.296

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.295

ক্রমে উঠাইতে সেই উত্তম বস্তু পায় ।

ঐছে প্রশ্নোত্তর কৈল প্রভু-রামরায় ॥ ২৯৫ ॥

krame uṭhāite seha uttama vastu pāya

aiche praśnottara kaila prabhu-rāmarāya

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya worked like miners, excavating all kinds of valuable metals, each one better than the other. Their questions and answers are exactly like that.

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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.

Questions and Answers Uncover Spiritual Treasure

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya are compared to miners.

  2. 2

    Their work is like excavating valuable metals, each one better than the other.

  3. 3

    Their questions and answers reveal this progression of increasing value.

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:

After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī. These descriptions of the meetings between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are taken from the notebook of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kramegradually
  2. uṭhāiteto raise
  3. sehathat person
  4. uttamabest
  5. vastumetal
  6. pāyagets
  7. aicheso also
  8. praśna-uttarathe questions and answers
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might patient attention to their questions and answers help me appreciate their increasing value?

Practice

Reread this translation and write one sentence explaining the comparison to miners.

Live this todayQuestions and Answers Uncover Spiritual TreasureThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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