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Rāmānanda Rāya Instructs Pradyumna Miśra
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TRANSLATION
I offer my respectful obeisances unto Advaita Prabhu, the ocean of mercy, and to all the devotees, such as Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, Gadādhara Paṇḍita, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī.
TEXT 4
একদিন প্রত্যুম্ন-মিশ্র প্রভুর চরণে । দণ্ডবৎ করি’ কিছু করে নিবেদনে ॥ ৪ ॥
eka-dīna pradyumna-miśra prabhura caraṇe daṇḍavat kari’ kichu kare nivedane
SYNONYMS
eka-dīna —one day;  pradyumna-miśra —the devotee named Pradyumna Miśra;  prabhura caraṇe —at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu;  daṇḍavat kari’ —offering his respects;  kichu —something;  kare nivedane —submits as a petition.
TRANSLATION
One day Pradyumna Miśra came to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, offering his respects and inquiring from Him with great submission.
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“শুন, প্রভু, মুণ্ডি দীন গৃহস্থ অধম ! কোন ভাগ্যে পাণ্ডিত্বে তোমার তুর্নভ চরণ ॥ ৫ ॥
“śuna, prabhu, muñi dīna gṛhastha adhama! kona bhāgye pāñāchoṅ tomāra durlabha caraṇa
SYNONYMS
śuna —please hear;  prabhu —my Lord;  muñi —I;  dīna —very fallen;  gṛhastha —householder;  adhama —the lowest of men;  kona bhāgye —by some good fortune;  pāñāchoṅ —I have gotten;  tomāra —Your;  durlabha —rarely achieved;  caraṇa —lotus feet.
TRANSLATION
“My Lord,” he said, “kindly hear me. I am a cripple-minded householder, the most fallen of men, but somehow, by my good fortune, I have received the shelter of Your lotus feet, which are rarely to be seen.