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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.126
রামানন্দ, মর্দরাজ, শ্রীহরিচন্দন ।
সঙ্গে সেবা করি’ চলে এই তিন জন ॥ ১২৬ ॥
rāmānanda, mardarāja, śrī-haricandana
saṅge sevā kari’ cale ei tina jana
Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Śrī Haricandana always went with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and rendered various services.
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Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Śrī Haricandana accompanied Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They always went with Him.
Their companionship included rendering various services.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
When He crossed the river Citrotpalā, Rāmānanda Rāya, Mardarāja and Haricandana went with Him. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu requested Gadādhara Paṇḍita to return to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī, but he did not abide by this order.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haricandana”
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: “services”
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