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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.174
তোমার আগে ধার্ষ্ট্য এই মুখ-ব্যাদান ।” এত বলি’ নান্দী-শ্লোক করিলা ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ১৭৪ ॥
tomāra āge dhārṣṭya ei mukha-vyādāna”
eta bali’ nāndī-śloka karilā vyākhyāna
“It is even impudent for me to open my mouth before you.” Then, having said this, he recited the introductory verse of the Lalita-mādhava.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī says that even opening his mouth before Rāmānanda Rāya is impudent.
Despite this humble feeling, he responds to the request to hear his work.
He then recites the introductory verse of the Lalita-mādhava.
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:
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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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: “humble”
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