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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 8.302Madhya 8.304

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.303

সংক্ষেপে কহিলুঁ রামানন্দের মিলন ।

বিস্তারি’ বর্ণিতে নারে সহস্র-বদন ॥ ৩০৩ ॥

saṅkṣepe kahiluṅ rāmānandera milana

vistāri’ varṇite nāre sahasra-vadana

Translation

I have briefly described the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya. No one can actually describe this meeting exhaustively. It is even impossible for Lord Śeṣa Nāga, who has thousands of hoods.

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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.

A Meeting Beyond Exhaustive Description

  1. 1

    The author has briefly described the meeting between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya.

  2. 2

    No one can describe this meeting exhaustively.

  3. 3

    Even Lord Śeṣa Nāga, who has thousands of hoods, cannot fully describe it.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. saṅkṣepein brief
  2. kahiluṅI have described
  3. rāmānandera milanameeting with Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya
  4. vistāri’expanding
  5. varṇiteto describe
  6. nārenot able
  7. sahasra-vadanaLord Śeṣa Nāga, who has thousands of hoods
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse encourage humility in your understanding of the meeting?

Practice

Reread the translation and pause to acknowledge that this meeting exceeds any complete description.

Live this todayA Meeting Beyond Exhaustive DescriptionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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