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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 9.357
এক রামানন্দ রায় বহু সুখ দিল ।
ভট্ট কহে, — এই লাগি’ মিলিতে কহিল ॥ ৩৫৭ ॥
eka rāmānanda rāya bahu sukha dila
bhaṭṭa kahe, — ei lāgi’ milite kahila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “I received much pleasure from the talks of Rāmānanda Rāya.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that He received much pleasure from the talks of Rāmānanda Rāya.
The Bhaṭṭācārya had requested that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu meet Rāmānanda Rāya.
The Bhaṭṭācārya explained that this pleasure was the reason for his request.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Wonder and inclusion. Meetings across sacred places display the broad reach of devotional mercy.
The mood of Madhya 9 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:
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the Bhaṭṭācārya’s reason for recommending this meeting?
Reread Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s words and pause to appreciate His pleasure in these talks.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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