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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.27
এই মহারাজ — মহাপণ্ডিত, গম্ভীর ।
সন্ন্যাসীর স্পর্শে মত্ত হইলা অস্থির ॥ ২৭ ॥
ei mahārāja — mahā-paṇḍita, gambhīra
sannyāsīra sparśe matta ha-ilā asthira
They thought, “This Rāmānanda Rāya is the Governor of Madras, a highly learned and grave person, a mahā-paṇḍita, but upon touching this sannyāsī he has become restless like a madman.”
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The brāhmaṇas knew Rāmānanda Rāya as the Governor of Madras.
They regarded him as highly learned and grave—a mahā-paṇḍita.
They were surprised that touching this sannyāsī had made him restless like a madman.
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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Why did Rāmānanda Rāya’s response seem so surprising to the brāhmaṇas?
Write one sentence contrasting the brāhmaṇas’ view of Rāmānanda Rāya with the response they witnessed.
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