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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 8.7
হেনকালে রামচন্দ্রপুরী-গোসাঞি আইলা ।
পরমানন্দ-পুরীরে আর প্রভুরে মিলিলা ॥ ৭ ॥
hena-kāle rāmacandra-purī-gosāñi āilā
paramānanda-purīre āra prabhure mililā
Then a sannyāsī named Rāmacandra Purī Gosāñi came to see Paramānanda Purī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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Rāmacandra Purī Gosāñi is introduced as a sannyāsī, a person in the renounced order.
He came to see Paramānanda Purī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
His arrival follows the description of the Lord’s pastimes with His devotees at Jagannātha Purī.
Discomfort and vigilance. Fault-finding disrupts devotional life, exposing the emotional cost of criticism.
The mood of Antya 8 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:
This chapter describes the history of the Lord’s dealings with Rāmacandra Purī. Although Rāmacandra Purī was one of the disciples of Mādhavendra Purī, he was influenced by dry Māyāvādīs, and therefore he criticized Mādhavendra Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 8
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Have I noticed whom Rāmacandra Purī came to see before considering the meeting that follows?
Write down the two people Rāmacandra Purī came to visit.
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