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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.173
রূপ কহে, — “কাহাঁ তুমি সূর্যোপম ভাস ।
মুঞি কোন্ ক্ষুদ্র, — যেন খদ্যোত-প্রকাশ ॥ ১৭৩ ॥
rūpa kahe, — “kāhāṅ tumi sūryopama bhāsa
muñi kon kṣudra, — yena khadyota-prakāśa
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī said, “In your presence, which is just like brilliant sunshine, I am as insignificant as the light of a glowworm.
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Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī responds humbly to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya’s praise and request.
He compares Rāmānanda Rāya’s presence to brilliant sunshine.
He compares himself to the insignificant light of a glowworm. His words express deep respect for the person before him.
Recognition and encouragement. Rūpa’s devotional insight receives the Lord’s approval; even a dog receives mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī composed an important verse beginning with the words priyaḥ so ’yam, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu relished it very much. 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.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.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “insignificant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might Rūpa Gosvāmī’s response shape the way you receive praise?
Today, acknowledge one quality you appreciate in someone from whom you learn.
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