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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.296
আর দিন রায়-পাশে বিদায় মাগিলা ।
বিদায়ের কালে তাঁরে এই আজ্ঞা দিলা ॥ ২৯৬ ॥
āra dina rāya-pāśe vidāya māgilā
vidāyera kāle tāṅre ei ājñā dilā
The next day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu begged Rāmānanda Rāya to give Him permission to leave, and at the time of farewell the Lord gave him the following orders.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The next day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu prepared to leave.
He begged Rāmānanda Rāya to give Him permission to depart.
At the time of farewell, the Lord gave Rāmānanda Rāya orders.
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:
He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice about the care with which Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took leave?
When taking leave of someone today, ask courteously rather than leaving abruptly.
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