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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 1.118
শুনিয়া প্রভুর আনন্দিত হৈল মন ।
রামদাস বিপ্রের কথা হইল স্মরণ ॥ ১১৮ ॥
śuniyā prabhura ānandita haila mana
rāma-dāsa viprera kathā ha-ila smaraṇa
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very glad to read about the false Sītā, and He remembered His meeting with Rāmadāsa Vipra, who was very sorry that mother Sītā had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very glad to read about the false Sītā.
He remembered His meeting with Rāmadāsa Vipra.
Rāmadāsa Vipra had been very sorry that mother Sītā had been kidnapped by Rāvaṇa.
Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 1 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:
There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about Mahāprabhu remembering Rāmadāsa Vipra’s sorrow while feeling glad Himself?
Pause today to remember someone who is sorrowful and consider what might bring that person comfort.
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