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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 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers
Antya 20.112Antya 20.114

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.113

দামোদর-স্বরূপ-ঠাঞি তাঁরে সমর্পিল ।

‘গোবর্ধন-শিলা’, ‘গুঞ্জামালা’ তাঁরে দিল ॥ ১১৩ ॥

dāmodara-svarūpa-ṭhāñi tāṅre samarpila

‘govardhana-śilā’, ‘guñjā-mālā’ tāṅre dila

Translation

That chapter also tells how the Lord entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and gave Raghunātha dāsa the gift of a stone from Govardhana Hill and a garland of small conchshells.

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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.

The Lord Gives Care and Gifts

  1. 1

    The Lord entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    He gave Raghunātha dāsa a stone from Govardhana Hill.

  3. 3

    He also gave him a garland of small conchshells. The chapter thus recounts both entrusted care and personal gifts.

How it feels

Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.

The mood of Antya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu passed His nights tasting the meaning of the Śikṣāṣṭaka prayers in the company of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya. Sometimes He recited verses from Jayadeva Gosvāmī’s Gīta-govinda, from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, from Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya’s Jagannātha-vallabha-nāṭaka or from Śrī Bilvamaṅgala Ṭhākura’s Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dāmodara-svarūpa-ṭhāñito the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  2. tāṅre samarpilathe Lord entrusted him
  3. govardhana-śilāthe stone from Govardhana Hill
  4. guñjā-mālāthe garland of small conchshells
  5. tāṅre diladelivered to him
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “govardhana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What touches you about the Lord arranging care for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī?

Practice

Pause today to acknowledge one person whose care supports your devotional life.

Live this todayThe Lord Gives Care and GiftsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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