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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.179
তপন মিশ্র, রঘুনাথ, মহারাষ্ট্রীয় ব্রাহ্মণ ।
চন্দ্রশেখর, কীর্তনীয়া-পরমানন্দ, — পঞ্চ জন ॥ ১৭৯ ॥
tapana miśra, raghunātha, mahārāṣṭrīya brāhmaṇa
candraśekhara, kīrtanīyā-paramānanda, — pañca jana
These five devotees were Tapana Miśra, Raghunātha, the Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa, Candraśekhara and Paramānanda Kīrtanīyā.
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Tapana Miśra and Raghunātha were among the five devotees who followed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa, Candraśekhara and Paramānanda Kīrtanīyā were the other three.
All five wanted to accompany the Lord to Jagannātha Purī.
Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
A Maharashtriyan brāhmaṇa who was living in Benares was a great devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. He was always very happy to hear the glories of the Lord, and it was by his arrangement that all the sannyāsīs of Vārāṇasī became devotees of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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Read the five devotees’ names aloud once, giving each name your attention.
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