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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.72
আর এক কথা রায় কহিলা আমারে ।
‘কৃষ্ণকথা-বক্তা করি’ না জানিহ মোরে ॥ ৭২ ॥
āra eka kathā rāya kahilā āmāre
‘kṛṣṇa-kathā-vaktā kari’ nā jāniha more
“There is one other thing Rāmānanda Rāya said to me: ‘Do not consider me the speaker in these talks about Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Pradyumna Miśra recalled another statement made by Rāmānanda Rāya.
Rāmānanda Rāya had told him not to consider him the speaker in these talks about Kṛṣṇa.
His explanation directed credit away from himself and toward Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, whom he identified as the actual speaker.
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, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Then Pradyumna Miśra went to see Rāmānanda Rāya again to hear about the transcendental truth from him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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