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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 5.169
অঙ্গনে আসিয়া তেঁহো না কৈল সম্ভাষ ।
তাহা দেখি’ ক্রুদ্ধ হঞা বলে রামদাস ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
aṅgane āsiyā teṅho nā kaila sambhāṣa
tāhā dekhi’ kruddha hañā bale rāmadāsa
When Mīnaketana was seated in the yard, this brāhmaṇa did not offer him respect. Seeing this, Śrī Rāmadāsa became angry and spoke.
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Mīnaketana was seated in the yard.
The brāhmaṇa did not offer him respect.
Seeing this, Śrī Rāmadāsa became angry and spoke.
Shelter and wonder. The glory of Nityānanda reveals the intimate support behind the descent.
The mood of Ādi 5 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:
Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja’s brother invited Śrī Mīnaketana Rāmadāsa, a great devotee of Lord Nityānanda, to his home, but a priest named Guṇārṇava Miśra did not receive him well, and Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī’s brother, not recognizing the glories of Lord Nityānanda, also took sides with the priest. Therefore Rāmadāsa became sorry, broke his flute and went away.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 5
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