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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.302
রামানন্দ হৈলা প্রভুর বিরহে বিহ্বল ।
প্রভুর ধ্যানে রহে বিষয় ছাড়িয়া সকল ॥ ৩০২ ॥
rāmānanda hailā prabhura virahe vihvala
prabhura dhyāne rahe viṣaya chāḍiyā sakala
When Rāmānanda Rāya began to feel separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, he was overwhelmed. Meditating on the Lord, he gave up all his material business.
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Rāmānanda Rāya began to feel separation from Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He was overwhelmed by this separation and meditated on the Lord.
While meditating on the Lord, he gave up all his material business.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After some days, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Rāmānanda Rāya to retire from government service and come to Jagannātha Purī. These descriptions of the meetings between Rāmānanda Rāya and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are taken from the notebook of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Rāmānanda Rāya’s absorption reveal about his attachment to the Lord?
Set aside one quiet minute today to meditate on Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu without attending to other business.
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