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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.143
রামাই–নন্দাই—দোঁহে প্রভুর কিঙ্কর ।
গোবিন্দের সঙ্গে সেবা করে নিরন্তর ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
rāmāi-nandāi — doṅhe prabhura kiṅkara
govindera saṅge sevā kare nirantara
Rāmāi and Nandāi, the twentieth and twenty-first among the important devotees in Jagannātha Purī, always assisted Govinda twenty-four hours a day in rendering service to the Lord.
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Rāmāi and Nandāi were the twentieth and twenty-first among the important devotees in Jagannātha Purī.
They always assisted Govinda in rendering service to the Lord.
Their assistance continued twenty-four hours a day.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “nandāi”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I become more dependable in helping someone who serves the Lord?
Offer to help a devotee complete one service task today.
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