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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 8.306Madhya 8.308

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.307

‘রসতত্ত্ব-জ্ঞান’ হয় ইহার শ্রবণে ।

‘প্রেমভক্তি’ হয় রাধাকৃষ্ণের চরণে ॥ ৩০৭ ॥

‘rasa-tattva-jñāna’ haya ihāra śravaṇe

‘prema-bhakti’ haya rādhā-kṛṣṇera caraṇe

Translation

By hearing the talks between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, one becomes enlightened with the transcendental knowledge of the mellows of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes. Thus one can develop unalloyed love for the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

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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.

Hearing Leads to Unalloyed Love

  1. 1

    Hearing the talks between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu brings transcendental knowledge.

  2. 2

    This knowledge concerns the mellows of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.

  3. 3

    Through such hearing, one can develop unalloyed love for the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

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:

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
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rasa-tattva-jñānatranscendental knowledge of the humors of conjugal love between Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
  2. hayais
  3. ihāraof this
  4. śravaṇeby hearing
  5. prema-bhaktipure love of Godhead
  6. hayabecomes possible
  7. rādhā-kṛṣṇera caraṇeat the lotus feet of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhā”

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can the goal of unalloyed love guide your attention when hearing these talks?

Practice

Read this translation aloud, listening with attention to the goal of unalloyed love for Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayHearing Leads to Unalloyed LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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