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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.42
একসঙ্গে দুই জন ক্ষেত্রে যবে আইলা ।
রামানন্দ রায় তবে প্ৰভুরে মিলিলা ॥ ৪২ ॥
eka-saṅge dui jana kṣetre yabe āilā
rāmānanda rāya tabe prabhure mililā
The King and Rāmānanda Rāya returned together to Jagannātha-kṣetra [Purī], and Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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The King and Rāmānanda Rāya returned together to Jagannātha-kṣetra [Purī].
After returning, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The translation describes Rāmānanda Rāya’s meeting with the Lord, not a meeting between the King and the Lord.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him. The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I noticing carefully who accompanies whom and who meets the Lord?
Write one sentence summarizing the return to Purī and Rāmānanda Rāya’s meeting.
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