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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.52
আমিহ রায়ের স্থানে শুনি কৃষ্ণকথা ।
শুনিতে ইচ্ছা হয় যদি, পুনঃ যাহ তথা ॥ ৫২ ॥
āmiha rāyera sthāne śuni kṛṣṇa-kathā
śunite icchā haya yadi, punaḥ yāha tathā
“I also hear topics about Kṛṣṇa from Rāmānanda Rāya. If you want to hear such topics, go to him again.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that He also hears topics about Kṛṣṇa from Rāmānanda Rāya.
He directs Pradyumna Miśra to Rāmānanda Rāya to hear such topics.
The instruction is to go again: Pradyumna Miśra is encouraged to return for another opportunity to hear.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make room to hear about Kṛṣṇa again?
Set aside five minutes today to read or listen to topics about Kṛṣṇa.
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