tathāpi dhairya dhari' prabhu rahilā vasiyā
rāmānanda āilā apūrva sannyāsī dekhiyā

 tathāpi - still; dhariya dhari' - keeping patient; prabhu - Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; rahilā - remained; vasiyā - sitting; rāmānanda - Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya; āilā - arrived; apūrva - wonderful; sannyāsī - renunciant; dekhiyā - seeing.


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Although Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was running after him mentally, He patiently remained sitting. Rāmānanda Rāya, seeing the wonderful sannyāsī, then came to see Him.

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