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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.64
আপনে প্রশ্ন করি’ পাছে করেন সিদ্ধান্ত ।
তৃতীয় প্রহর হৈল, নহে কথা-অন্ত ॥ ৬৪ ॥
āpane praśna kari’ pāche karena siddhānta
tṛtīya prahara haila, nahe kathā-anta
He began personally posing questions and then answering them with conclusive statements. When afternoon came, the topics still did not end.
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Rāmānanda Rāya personally poses questions and then answers them.
His answers give conclusive statements, supplying the guidance Pradyumna Miśra requested.
The discussion continues into the afternoon, and the topics still do not end.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
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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. The Lord, however, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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