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# Superficial Discrimination – Pradyumna Misra

<mark style="color:red;">**\[**</mark>[<mark style="color:red;">**5.1-5.32**</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/5/)<mark style="color:red;">**]**</mark>&#x20;

When Pradyumna Misra approached Sri Caitanya with the ardent desire to hear topics of Krishna, the Lord directed him to meet Ramananda Raya, who was extremely qualified in this regard. Pradyumna visited Ramananda, but discovered that the former-governor was massaging the bodies of young girls and seemingly engaged in immodest activities. Taken aback and bewildered, Pradyumna quickly left the home and avoided any further conversation with Ramananda.&#x20;

#### <mark style="color:red;">\[</mark>[<mark style="color:red;">5.33</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/5/33/)<mark style="color:red;">-</mark>[<mark style="color:red;">5.90</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/5/90/)<mark style="color:red;">]</mark>&#x20;

Seeing Pradyumna the following day, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu detected his bewilderment and thus extolled the glories of Ramananda. Ramananda was personally directing the girls in song and dance for the pleasure of Lord Jagannatha. Since he was transfixed in his eternal identity as a maidservant in the spiritual world, such intimate services could not bewilder or agitate him. When Pradyumna later approached the former-governor with a different mindset, eagerly requesting him to narrate the pastimes of Krishna, an unprecedented flow of transcendental nectar emanated from Ramananda’s mouth. On a superficial level, Pradyumna Misra was a highly qualified *brahmana*, whereas Ramananda was an ordinary *grhasta-sudra* engaged in duties; Sri Caitanya, however, wanted to highlight the principle that advancement is based on internal realisation rather than external identification