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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.21
তথাপি পুছিল, — তুমি রায় রামানন্দ?
তেঁহো কহে, — সেই হঙ দাস শূদ্র মন্দ ॥ ২১ ॥
tathāpi puchila, — tumi rāya rāmānanda?
teṅho kahe, — sei haṅa dāsa śūdra manda
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then inquired whether he was Rāmānanda Rāya, and he replied, “Yes, I am Your very low servant, and I belong to the śūdra community.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked whether he was Rāmānanda Rāya.
Rāmānanda Rāya confirmed his identity and called himself the Lord’s very low servant.
He also stated that he belonged to the śūdra community.
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:
After introducing himself, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to remain in the village for some days. Honoring his request, Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed there in the home of some Vedic brāhmaṇas.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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Rāmānanda Rāya’s description of himself as the Lord’s servant?
Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expressing your wish to serve Him.
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