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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 8.84Madhya 8.86

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.85

পূর্ব-পূর্ব-রসের গুণ — পরে পরে হয় ।

দুই-তিন গণনে পঞ্চ পর্যন্ত বাড়য় ॥ ৮৫ ॥

pūrva-pūrva-rasera guṇa — pare pare haya

dui-tina gaṇane pañca paryanta bāḍaya

Translation

“There is a gradual order of improvement in transcendental mellows from the initial ones to the later ones. In each subsequent mellow the qualities of the previous mellows are manifested, counting from two, then three, and up to the point of five complete qualities.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Later Mellows Include Earlier Qualities

  1. 1

    Transcendental mellows have a gradual order of improvement from the initial ones to the later ones.

  2. 2

    Each subsequent mellow manifests the qualities of the previous mellows.

  3. 3

    The qualities accumulate, counting from two, then three, up to five complete qualities.

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

Further reading

Madhya 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya then recited a verse of his own concerning the platform of ecstatic vision, technically called prema-vilāsa-vivarta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pūrva-pūrvaof each previous
  2. raseraof the mellow
  3. guṇathe qualities
  4. pare parein each subsequent
  5. hayathere are
  6. dui-tinatwo and then three
  7. gaṇanein counting
  8. pañcafive
  9. paryantaup to
  10. bāḍayaincreases
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling

    Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mellows”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does retaining the earlier qualities help me understand this gradual improvement?

Practice

Write a short study note: “Each subsequent mellow includes the qualities of the previous mellows.”

Live this todayLater Mellows Include Earlier QualitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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