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  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 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 5.164Antya 6.2

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.1

কৃপাগুণৈর্যঃ কুগৃহান্ধকূপা- দুদ্ধৃত্য ভঙ্গ্যা রঘুনাথদাসম্ ।

ন্যস্য স্বরূপে বিদধেঽন্তরঙ্গং শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্যমমুং প্রপদ্যে ॥ ১ ॥

kṛpā-guṇair yaḥ kugṛhāndha-kūpād

uddhṛtya bhaṅgyā raghunātha-dāsam

nyasya svarūpe vidadhe ’ntar-aṅgaṁ

śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyam amuṁ prapadye

Translation

With the ropes of His causeless mercy, Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu employed a trick to deliver Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī from the blind well of contemptible family life. He made Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī one of His personal associates, placing him under the charge of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. I offer my obeisances unto Him.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Rescued by the Lord’s causeless mercy

  1. 1

    Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu used a trick to deliver Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī. His causeless mercy is compared to ropes lifting someone from a blind well.

  2. 2

    The verse describes the family life from which Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was delivered as a contemptible blind well.

  3. 3

    The Lord made Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī His personal associate and placed him under Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī’s care. The author offers obeisances to the Lord for this mercy.

How it feels

Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.

The mood of Antya 6 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went into transcendental fits of ecstatic love, Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī attended to Him and satisfied Him as He desired. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kṛpā-guṇaiḥby the ropes of causeless mercy
  2. yaḥwho
  3. ku-gṛhaof contemptible family life
  4. andha-kūpātfrom the blind well
  5. uddhṛtyahaving raised
  6. bhaṅgyāby a trick
  7. raghunātha-dāsamRaghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  8. nyasyagiving over
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”, “deliver”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”, “associate”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the image of mercy as a rescuing rope help you appreciate about the Lord?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer of gratitude to Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu for His causeless mercy.

Live this todayRescued by the Lord’s causeless mercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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