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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.55
তথাপি তোমার যদি মহাগ্রহ হয় ।
তবে আনি’ মিলাহ তুমি তাঁহার তনয় ॥ ৫৫ ॥
tathāpi tomāra yadi mahāgraha haya
tabe āni’ milāha tumi tāṅhāra tanaya
“But if you are still very eager for the King to meet with Me, please first bring his son to meet Me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord speaks of Rāmānanda Rāya’s continued eagerness for the King to meet Him.
He asks that the King’s son be brought to meet Him first.
The immediate meeting He proposes is with the son rather than 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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What specific first step does the Lord offer in response to this eagerness?
Reread the request and put the Lord’s proposed first step into your own words.
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