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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.304
সহজে চৈতন্যচরিত্র — ঘনদুগ্ধপূর ।
রামানন্দ-চরিত্র তাহে খণ্ড প্রচুর ॥ ৩০৪ ॥
sahaje caitanya-caritra — ghana-dugdha-pūra
rāmānanda-caritra tāhe khaṇḍa pracura
The activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are like condensed milk, and the activities of Rāmānanda Rāya are like large quantities of sugar candy.
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The activities of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are compared to condensed milk.
The activities of Rāmānanda Rāya are compared to large quantities of sugar candy.
Both comparisons present their activities through images of sweetness.
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:
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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How do these comparisons shape the way you approach hearing about their activities?
Read the verse aloud once, giving attention to each of its two sweet comparisons.
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