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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.19
দেখিয়া তাঁহার মনে হৈল চমৎকার ।
আসিয়া করিল দণ্ডবৎ নমস্কার ॥ ১৯ ॥
dekhiyā tāṅhāra mane haila camatkāra
āsiyā karila daṇḍavat namaskāra
When Rāmānanda Rāya saw the wonderful sannyāsī, he was struck with wonder. He went to Him and immediately offered his respectful obeisances, falling down flat like a rod.
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Rāmānanda Rāya was struck with wonder upon seeing the wonderful sannyāsī.
He went to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and immediately offered respectful obeisances.
He fell down flat like a rod as he offered his respects.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu questioned him on the object and process of worship and also asked him to recite verses from the Vedic literature.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How did Rāmānanda Rāya give outward expression to his wonder?
Offer a respectful bow to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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