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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.52
রায় কহে, — কত পাপীর করিয়াছ অব্যাহতি ।
ঈশ্বর-সেবক তোমার ভক্ত গজপতি ॥ ৫২ ॥
rāya kahe, — kata pāpīra kariyācha avyāhati
īśvara-sevaka tomāra bhakta gajapati
Rāmānanda Rāya replied, “My dear Lord, You have delivered so many sinful people. This King Pratāparudra, the King of Orissa, is actually a servitor of the Lord and Your devotee.”
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Rāmānanda Rāya reminds the Lord that He has delivered many sinful people.
He identifies Pratāparudra as the King of Orissa.
He presents the King as a servitor of the Lord and the Lord’s devotee.
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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In this verse: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Rāmānanda Rāya especially want the Lord to recognize about the King?
Reread the verse and note the two devotional descriptions Rāmānanda Rāya gives the King.
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