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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.108

মহাপ্রভু আসি’ সেই আসনে বসিল ।

দেখি’ রাঘবের মনে আনন্দ বাড়িল ॥ ১০৮ ॥

mahāprabhu āsi’ sei āsane vasila

dekhi’ rāghavera mane ānanda bāḍila

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came there and sat down at His place. Seeing this, Rāghava Paṇḍita felt increasing happiness.

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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.

Happiness in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s Presence

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came to the supper.

  2. 2

    He sat down at the place prepared for Him.

  3. 3

    Seeing Him there, Rāghava Paṇḍita felt increasing happiness.

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:

The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. āsi’coming
  3. sei āsaneon that seat
  4. vasilasat down
  5. dekhi’seeing
  6. rāghavera manein the mind of Rāghava Paṇḍita
  7. ānandagreat happiness
  8. bāḍilaincreased
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can you learn from Rāghava Paṇḍita’s happiness on seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

Spend a quiet minute remembering Rāghava Paṇḍita’s joy as Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took His seat.

Live this todayHappiness in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s PresenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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