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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.29
রমন্তে যোগিনোঽনন্তে সত্যানন্দে চিদাত্মনি ।
ইতি রামপদেনাসৌ পরং ব্রহ্মাভিধীয়তে ॥ ২৯ ॥
ramante yogino ’nante
satyānande cid-ātmani
iti rāma-padenāsau
paraṁ brahmābhidhīyate
“ ‘The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rāma because the transcendentalists take pleasure in the unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Supreme Absolute Truth is called Rāma.
Transcendentalists take pleasure in the unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence.
This explanation comes from the Śata-nāma-stotra of Lord Rāmacandra in the Padma Purāṇa.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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 leaving Śrī Raṅga, Caitanya Mahāprabhu reached Ṛṣabha-parvata, where He met Paramānanda Purī, who later arrived at Jagannātha Purī. Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then proceeded farther, arriving at Setubandha Rāmeśvara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What draws your attention to the phrase “unlimited true pleasure of spiritual existence”?
Say the holy name Rāma slowly, remembering its connection with spiritual pleasure.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 36 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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