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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.252
ভাগ্যবান্ সত্যরাজ বসু রামানন্দ ।
সেবা-আজ্ঞা পাঞা হৈল পরম-আনন্দ ॥ ২৫২ ॥
bhāgyavān satyarāja vasu rāmānanda
sevā-ājñā pāñā haila parama-ānanda
After receiving orders from the Lord for the rendering of service, the fortunate Satyarāja and Rāmānanda Vasu were highly pleased.
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Satyarāja and Rāmānanda Vasu received orders from the Lord to render service.
The translation describes them as fortunate.
Receiving these orders made them highly pleased.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I welcome an opportunity for service with pleasure?
Take up one small devotional service today, remembering the pleasure Satyarāja and Rāmānanda Vasu felt.
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