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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.53
যদ্যপি বিচ্ছেদ দোঁহার সহন না যায় ।
তথাপি দণ্ডবৎ করি’ চলিলা রামরায় ॥ ৫৩ ॥
yadyapi viccheda doṅhāra sahana nā yāya
tathāpi daṇḍavat kari’ calilā rāma-rāya
Although neither could tolerate separation from the other, Rāmānanda Rāya nonetheless offered his obeisances to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and departed.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Neither Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu nor Rāmānanda Rāya could tolerate separation from the other.
Before leaving, Rāmānanda Rāya offered his obeisances to the Lord.
Despite their difficulty in parting, Rāmānanda Rāya departed.
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”
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.
How can I express respect when parting from someone whose devotional company I value?
Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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