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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 1.210
হরিদাস কহে, — “তোমার ভাগ্যের নাহি সীমা ।
যে সব বর্ণিলা, ইহার কে জানে মহিমা ?” ২১০ ।। ॥ ২১০ ॥
haridāsa kahe, — “tomāra bhāgyera nāhi sīmā
ye saba varṇilā, ihāra ke jāne mahimā?”
Haridāsa Ṭhākura told him, “There is no limit to your good fortune. No one can understand the glories of what you have described.”
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura tells Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī that his good fortune has no limit.
He says that no one can understand the glories of what Rūpa Gosvāmī has described.
Following his embrace, these words express deep appreciation for Rūpa Gosvāmī and his writings.
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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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: “haridāsa”
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