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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.68
প্রভু কহে, — “এহো হয়, আগে কহ আর ।”
রায় কহে, — “প্রেমভক্তি — সর্বসাধ্যসার ॥” ৬৮ ॥
prabhu kahe, “eho haya, āge kaha āra”
rāya kahe, “prema-bhakti — sarva-sādhya-sāra”
At this point, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “This is all right, but still you can speak more on the subject.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted what He had heard, saying, “This is all right.”
He still invited Rāmānanda Rāya to speak further on the subject.
Rāmānanda Rāya replied that ecstatic love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence of all 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.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does it mean for my understanding of perfection that its essence is love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead?
Pause today to reflect on Rāmānanda Rāya’s statement that ecstatic love for the Supreme Personality of Godhead is the essence of all perfection.
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