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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.45
উত্কণ্ঠাতে প্ৰতাপরুদ্র নারে রহিবারে ।
রামানন্দ সাধিলেন প্ৰভুরে মিলিবারে ॥ ৪৫ ॥
utkaṇṭhāte pratāparudra nāre rahibāre
rāmānanda sādhilena prabhure milibāre
Mahārāja Pratāparudra, in great anxiety, could not endure not seeing the Lord; therefore Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya, by his diplomacy, arranged a meeting with the Lord for the King.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mahārāja Pratāparudra was in great anxiety because he could not see the Lord.
He could not endure remaining without a meeting.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya used his diplomacy to arrange a meeting with the Lord for the King.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
The mood of Madhya 12 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:
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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What does the King’s anxiety reveal about how much he valued seeing the Lord?
Write one sentence about the King’s longing and one about Rāmānanda Rāya’s help.
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