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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 18.208
অল্প বয়স তাঁর, রাজার কুমার ।
‘রামদাস’ আদি পাঠান — চাকর তাঁহার ॥ ২০৮ ॥
alpa vayasa tāṅra, rājāra kumāra
‘rāmadāsa’ ādi pāṭhāna — cākara tāṅhāra
Vijulī Khān was very young, and he was the son of the king. All the other Muslims, or Pāṭhānas, headed by Rāmadāsa, were his servants.
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Vijulī Khān is very young.
He is the son of the king.
All the other Muslims, or Pāṭhānas, are his servants, headed by Rāmadāsa.
Overwhelmed recognition. Seeing the places of Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes evokes extraordinary remembrance and ecstasy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus the leader of the soldiers, named Vijulī Khān, surrendered to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and he and his party became devotees of Lord Kṛṣṇa. The same village today is known as the village of Pāṭhāna Vaiṣṇavas.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 18
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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: “servants”
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Make a brief note identifying Vijulī Khān as the king’s son and Rāmadāsa as the head of his servants.
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