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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.37
রামানন্দ রায়ের কথা শুন, সর্বজন ।
কহিবার কথা নহে, যাহা আশ্চর্য-কথন ॥ ৩৭ ॥
rāmānanda rāyera kathā śuna, sarva-jana
kahibāra kathā nahe, yāhā āścarya-kathana
“Everyone please hear these topics about Rāmānanda Rāya, although they are so wonderful and uncommon that they should not be spoken.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks everyone to hear about Rāmānanda Rāya.
He describes these topics as wonderful and uncommon.
He also says they should not be spoken, emphasizing their unusual and delicate nature even as He introduces them.
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:
The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was training the deva-dāsī dancing girls in the temple, and when Pradyumna Miśra heard about this, he returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give careful attention to a topic that is both wonderful and difficult to understand?
Read the following verses slowly, keeping the Lord’s description of these activities as uncommon in mind.
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