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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.16
রায় প্রণতি কৈল, প্রভু কৈল আলিঙ্গন ।
দুই জনে প্রেমাবেশে করেন ক্রন্দন ॥ ১৬ ॥
rāya praṇati kaila, prabhu kaila āliṅgana
dui jane premāveśe karena krandana
Upon meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya offered his obeisances. The Lord embraced him, and both of them began to cry in the great ecstasy of love.
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Upon meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Rāmānanda Rāya offers his obeisances.
The Lord embraces Rāmānanda Rāya.
Both begin to cry in the great ecstasy of love.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
At this time Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya returned from his governmental post, and he praised King Pratāparudra highly in Lord Caitanya’s presence. Because of this, the Lord became a little soft.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do Rāmānanda Rāya's obeisances and the Lord's embrace show me about reverence and love?
Offer obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today, remembering this loving meeting.
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