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CC Ādi 17.69

Bengali

মুরারিগুপ্ত–মুখে শুনি’ রাম–গুণগ্রাম ।
ললাটে লিখিল তাঁর ‘রামদাস’ নাম ॥ ৬৯ ॥

Text

murāri-gupta-mukhe śuni’ rāma-guṇa-grāma
lalāṭe likhila tāṅra ‘rāmadāsa’ nāma

Synonyms

murāri-gupta — of Murāri Gupta; mukhe — from the mouth; śuni’ — hearing; rāma — of Lord Rāmacandra; guṇa-grāma — glories; lalāṭe — on the forehead; likhila — wrote; tāṅra — of Murāri Gupta; rāma-dāsa — the eternal servant of Lord Rāmacandra; nāma — the name.

Translation

Murāri Gupta was a great devotee of Lord Rāmacandra. When Lord Caitanya heard Lord Rāmacandra’s glories from his mouth, He immediately wrote on his forehead “rāmadāsa” [the eternal servant of Lord Rāmacandra].