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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.43
রামদাস, গদাধর আদি কত জনে ।
তোমার সহায় লাগি’ দিলু তোমার সনে ॥ ৪৩ ॥
rāma-dāsa, gadādhara ādi kata jane
tomāra sahāya lāgi’ dilu tomāra sane
Nityānanda Prabhu was given assistants like Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several others. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I give them to You to assist You.
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Nityānanda Prabhu was given assistants.
Rāmadāsa and Gadādhara dāsa were among them, along with several others.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explicitly said that He was giving them to Nityānanda Prabhu to assist Him.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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:
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sent Nityānanda Prabhu to Bengal for preaching and also sent Rāmadāsa, Gadādhara dāsa and several other devotees with Him. Then Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to assist someone else in their service?
Offer to help someone with one small task in their devotional service.
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