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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.121
যত ভক্তবৃন্দ আর রামানন্দ রায় ।
শ্লোক শুনি’ সবার হইল আনন্দ-বিস্ময় ॥ ১২১ ॥
yata bhakta-vṛnda āra rāmānanda rāya
śloka śuni’ sabāra ha-ila ānanda-vismaya
When all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, especially Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, heard this verse, they were all filled with transcendental bliss and were struck with wonder.
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All the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard Rūpa Gosvāmī’s verse.
They were filled with transcendental bliss and struck with wonder.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya is especially mentioned among those moved by this description of the holy name.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
The mood of Antya 1 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:
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya, Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya and others went to the place of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and heard some of the verses Rūpa Gosvāmī had composed for his books Lalita-mādhava and Vidagdha-mādhava. After examining the manuscripts of these two books, Rāmānanda Rāya approved and appreciated them very much.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 1
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “holy name”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What in Rūpa Gosvāmī’s description helps you appreciate the devotees’ wonder?
Reread the description of the holy name and pause over one phrase you find especially wonderful.
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