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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 8.50 Madhya 8.53

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Madhya 8.51-52

রায় কহে, — আইলা যদি পামর শোধিতে ।

দর্শনমাত্রে শুদ্ধ নহে মোর দুষ্ট চিত্তে ॥ ৫১ ॥

rāya kahe, āilā yadi pāmara śodhite

darśana-mātre śuddha nahe mora duṣṭa citte

Translation

Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “My Lord, although You have come to correct me, a fallen soul, my mind is not yet purified simply by seeing You. Please stay for five or seven days and kindly cleanse my polluted mind. After that much time, my mind will certainly be pure.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humbly Ask for Purification

1
Rāmānanda Rāya described himself as a fallen soul and understood that the Lord had come to correct him.
2
He said that simply seeing the Lord had not yet purified his mind.
3
He asked the Lord to stay for five or seven days and cleanse his polluted mind, expressing confidence that his mind would then become pure.

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

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

rāya kaheRāmānanda Rāya replied
āilāYou have come
yadialthough
pāmaraa fallen soul
śodhiteto rectify
darśana-mātresimply seeing You
śuddha nahenot purified
moramy

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cleanse”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to acknowledge my need for correction and purification?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asking Him to cleanse your mind.

Live this todayHumbly Ask for PurificationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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