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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.15
স্বরূপ গোসাঞি, আর রামানন্দ-রায় ।
রাত্রি-দিনে করে দোঁহে প্রভুর সহায় ॥ ১৫ ॥
svarūpa gosāñi, āra rāmānanda-rāya
rātri-dine kare doṅhe prabhura sahāya
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya, the chief assistants in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes, remained with Him both day and night.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya were the chief assistants in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes.
They remained with Him both day and night.
Their constant presence accompanied the increasing transcendental symptoms described in the preceding verse.
Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.
The mood of Antya 11 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:
In this chapter it is described how Brahmā Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave up his body with the consent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to the sea. He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the steady presence of these two assistants?
Offer a small, specific period of your time today to assist someone in a devotional activity.
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