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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.31
মিশ্র কহে, — “তোমা দেখিতে হৈল আগমনে ।
আপনা পবিত্র কৈলুঁ তোমার দরশনে ।।” ৩১ ।। ॥ ৩১ ॥
miśra kahe, — “tomā dekhite haila āgamane
āpanā pavitra kailuṅ tomāra daraśane”
Pradyumna Miśra replied, “I came simply to see you. Now I have purified myself by seeing Your Honor.”
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Pradyumna Miśra said that he had come simply to see Rāmānanda Rāya.
He considered himself purified by seeing Rāmānanda Rāya.
His respectful reply matched Rāmānanda Rāya's humble welcome: each spoke of being purified by the other's presence.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
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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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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I appreciate the opportunity to meet a devotee, even without a long conversation?
Take a moment today to express gratitude to a devotee whose association you value.
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