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Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta, Madhya-līlā, Chapter 8: Talks Between Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Rāmānanda Rāya

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 26

ei ta’ sannyāsīra teja dekhi brahma-sama
śūdre āliṅgiyā kene karena krandana

SYNONYMS

ei ta’—this indeed; sannyāsīra—of the sannyāsī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; teja—bodily effulgence; dekhi—we see; brahma-sama—exactly like Brahman; śūdre—a śūdra, or worker; āliṅgiyā—embracing; kene—why; karena—does; krandana—crying.

TRANSLATION

The brāhmaṇas thought, “We can see that this sannyāsī has a luster like the effulgence of Brahman, but how is it He is crying upon embracing a śūdra, a member of the fourth caste in the social order?”