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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.50
তোমার মুখে কৃষ্ণকথা শুনিতে হয় মন ।
পুনরপি পাই যেন তোমার দরশন ॥ ৫০ ॥
tomāra mukhe kṛṣṇa-kathā śunite haya mana
punarapi pāi yena tomāra daraśana
“I wish to hear from you about Lord Kṛṣṇa. Indeed, My mind is inclined to desire this; therefore I wish to see you again.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expressed His wish to hear about Lord Kṛṣṇa from Rāmānanda Rāya.
He described His mind as inclined toward hearing about Kṛṣṇa.
His desire to hear was His reason for wanting to meet Rāmānanda Rāya again.
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:
Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature.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.
How can my desire to hear about Kṛṣṇa guide the meetings I seek?
Arrange a short conversation with a devotee about Kṛṣṇa.
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