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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.288
দেখিয়া বিস্মিত হৈল শ্রীরঙ্গ-পুরীর মন ।
‘উঠহ শ্রীপাদ’ বলি’ বলিলা বচন ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
dekhiyā vismita haila śrī-raṅga-purīra mana
‘uṭhaha śrīpāda’ bali’ balilā vacana
Upon seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in such an ecstatic mood, Śrī Raṅga Purī said, “Your Holiness, please get up.
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Śrī Raṅga Purī saw Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in an ecstatic mood.
He respectfully addressed the Lord as “Your Holiness.”
He asked the Lord, “Please get up.”
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
At Pāṇḍarapura the Lord received news from Śrī Raṅga Purī that Śaṅkarāraṇya (Viśvarūpa) had disappeared there. He then went to the banks of the Kṛṣṇa-veṇvā River, where He collected from among the Vaiṣṇava brāhmaṇas a book written by Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura, Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 9
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