8.17

tathapi dhairya dhari’ prabhu rahila vasiya

ramananda aila apurva sannyasi dekhiya

SYNONYMS

tathapi—still; dhariya dhari’-keeping patient; prabhu—Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; rahila—remained; vasiya—sitting; ramananda—Srila Ramananda Raya; aila—arrived; apurva—wonderful; sannyasi—renunciant; dekhiya—seeing.

Although Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu was running after him mentally, He patiently remained sitting.

Ramananda Raya, seeing the wonderful sannyasi, then came to see Him.