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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.31
তোমা মিলিবারে মোর এথা আগমন ।
ভাল হৈল, অনায়াসে পাইলুঁ দরশন ॥ ৩১ ॥
tomā milibāre mora ethā āgamana
bhāla haila, anāyāse pāiluṅ daraśana’
“Indeed, I have come here just to meet you. It is very good that even without making an effort I have gotten your interview here.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker had come specifically to meet the person before Him.
The meeting had taken place without His having to make an effort to arrange it.
He expressed pleasure at receiving this opportunity to meet.
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 introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.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.
Do I express appreciation when a hoped-for meeting comes about easily?
Thank someone today for the opportunity to spend a few moments together.
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