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Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 11.38

Rāmānanda Rāya Explains His Arrival

“Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya continued, “What shall I do? My mind has brought me here. I could not consider going first to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.””

Śrīla Prabhupāda · Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya 11.38, translation

What the purport teaches

  • Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya explained that his mind had brought him there.
  • He expressed his inability to act otherwise by asking, “What shall I do?”
  • He could not consider going first to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.

Try this today

Recall one choice you made today and name what drew your mind toward it.

Ask yourself

When has my mind drawn me somewhere so strongly that I did not consider another destination?

Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.

The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.

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