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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 5]
TRANSLATION
“What I have heard from Rāmānanda Rāya is like a nectarean ocean of discourses about Kṛṣṇa. Even the demigods, beginning with Lord Brahmā, cannot understand all these topics.
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হেন ‘রস’ পান মোরে করাইলা তুমি। জন্মে জন্মে তোমার পায় বিকাইলাঙ আমি ॥ ৭৬ ॥
hena ‘rasa’ pāna more karāilā tumi janme janme tomāra pāya vikāilāṅa āmi
SYNONYMS
hena rasa —such transcendental mellows;  pāna —to drink;  more —me;  karāilā tumi —You have caused;  janme janme —life after life;  tomāra pāya —at Your feet;  vikāilāṅa āmi —I have become sold.
TRANSLATION
“My dear Lord, You have made me drink this transcendental nectar of kṛṣṇa-kathā. Therefore I am sold to Your lotus feet, life after life.”
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প্রভু কহে,—“রামানন্দ বিনয়ের খনি। আপনার কথা পরমুণ্ডে দেন আনি” ॥ ৭৭ ॥
prabhu kahe ,—“rāmānanda vinayera khani āpanāra kathā para-muṇḍe dena āni’
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe —the Lord replied;  rāmānanda —Rāmānanda Rāya;  vinayera khani —the mine of humility;  āpanāra kathā —his own words;  para-muṇḍe —on another’s head;  dena —confers;  āni —bringing.
TRANSLATION
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “Rāmānanda Rāya is a source of all humility. Therefore he has attributed his own words to another’s intelligence.