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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.40
প্রভু আজ্ঞা পাঞা রায় চলিলা দরশনে ।
রায়ের প্রেমভক্তি-রীতি বুঝে কোন্ জনে ॥ ৪০ ॥
prabhu ājñā pāñā rāya calilā daraśane
rāyera prema-bhakti-rīti bujhe kon jane
Having received Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s permission, Rāmānanda Rāya hastily went to the temple of Lord Jagannātha. Who can understand the devotional service of Rāya Rāmānanda?
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Rāmānanda Rāya received Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s permission.
He then hastily went to Lord Jagannātha’s temple.
The verse asks who can understand the devotional service of Rāya Rāmānanda.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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: “service”
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