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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.28
মিশ্রেরে নমস্কার করে সম্মান করিয়া ।
নিবেদন করে কিছু বিনীত হঞা ॥ ২৮ ॥
miśrere namaskāra kare sammāna kariyā
nivedana kare kichu vinīta hañā
He offered his obeisances to Pradyumna Miśra with all respect and then, with great humility, spoke as follows.
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Rāmānanda Rāya offered his obeisances to Pradyumna Miśra.
He offered those obeisances with all respect.
He then spoke with great humility, showing respect in both his greeting and his words.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
Pradyumna Miśra, a resident of Śrīhaṭṭa, came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to hear from Him about Lord Kṛṣṇa and His pastimes. The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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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: “humility”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do my words express the respect I wish to show others?
Greet someone respectfully today and begin your conversation with humble, considerate words.
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