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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.309
অলৌকিক লীলা এই পরম নিগূঢ় ।
বিশ্বাসে পাইয়ে, তর্কে হয় বহুদূর ॥ ৩০৯ ॥
alaukika līlā ei parama nigūḍha
viśvāse pāiye, tarke haya bahu-dūra
This part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes is most confidential. One can derive benefit quickly only by faith; otherwise, by arguing one will always remain far away.
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This part of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes is most confidential.
One can derive benefit quickly only by faith.
By arguing, one will always remain far away from these confidential pastimes.
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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Am I approaching these pastimes with faith or with a desire to argue?
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