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hile on tour of South India, Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu arrived on the banks of the river Godavari, where He met Sri Ramananda Raya, a great devotee of Sri Krishna. Lord Chaitanya expressed a deep desire to hear about Sri Krishna from the lips of Ramananda Raya and requested that Ramananda recite a verse from the revealed scriptures concerning the ultimate goal of life. Ramananda then replied: sva-dharmacarane vishnu-bhakti haya If a person performs the prescribed duties of his social position, he awakens his original Krishna consciousness. Supporting his statement, Ramananda then cited a verse from the Vishnu Purana (3.8.9): varnashramacharavata purushena parah puman vishnur aradhyate pantha nanyat tat-tosha-karanam
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