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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.64
প্রভু কহে, — “এহো বাহ্য, আগে কহ আর ।”
রায় কহে, — “জ্ঞানমিশ্রা ভক্তি — সাধ্যসার ॥” ৬৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “eho bāhya, āge kaha āra”
rāya kahe, “jñāna-miśrā bhakti — sādhya-sāra”
After hearing Rāmānanda Rāya speak in this way, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again rejected his statement and said, “Go ahead and say something more.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again rejects the statement He has heard.
He asks Rāmānanda Rāya to go ahead and say something more.
Rāmānanda Rāya then proposes that devotional service mixed with empiric knowledge is the essence of perfection.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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 hearing Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya recite some verses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted the principle of pure devotional service devoid of all kinds of speculation. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to explain the higher platform of devotional service.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to listen further when my present understanding is challenged?
Read the exchange slowly, noting the distinction between what Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejects and what Rāmānanda Rāya proposes next.
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