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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 14.83

রঘুনাথ-দাসের সদা প্রভুসঙ্গে স্থিতি ।

তাঁর মুখে শুনি’ লিখি করিয়া প্রতীতি ॥ ৮৩ ॥

raghunātha-dāsera sadā prabhu-saṅge sthiti

tāṅra mukhe śuni’ likhi kariyā pratīti

Translation

Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī lived continuously with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. I am simply recording whatever I have heard from him. Although common men do not believe in these pastimes, I believe in them totally.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Faith in a Close Companion’s Account

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī lived continuously with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    The narrator is simply recording what he heard from Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. His account rests on the words of someone who lived with the Lord.

  3. 3

    Although common people do not believe these pastimes, the narrator believes in them totally.

How it feels

Intense yearning. Darśana, dreams, and visions of Vraja bring overwhelming separation.

The mood of Antya 14 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 14: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Feelings of Separation from Kṛṣṇa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

One night, Govinda and Svarūpa Dāmodara noticed that although the three doors to the Lord’s room were closed and locked, the Lord was not present inside. Seeing this, Svarūpa Dāmodara and the other devotees went outside and saw the Lord lying unconscious by the gate known as Siṁha-dvāra.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. raghunātha-dāseraof Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  2. sadāalways
  3. prabhu-saṅgewith Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. sthitiliving
  5. tāṅra mukhefrom his mouth
  6. śuni’hearing
  7. likhiI write
  8. kariyā pratītiaccepting in toto
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does hearing that Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī lived with the Lord affect my reading?

Practice

Before reading further today, recall whose account the narrator is recording.

Live this todayFaith in a Close Companion’s AccountThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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