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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 6.113

প্রতিদিন মহাপ্রভু করেন ভোজন ।

মধ্যে মধ্যে প্রভু তাঁরে দেন দরশন ॥ ১১৩ ॥

prati-dina mahāprabhu karena bhojana

madhye madhye prabhu tāṅre dena daraśana

Translation

Every day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would eat at the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita. Sometimes He would give Rāghava Paṇḍita the opportunity to see Him.

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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.

Daily Service and Occasional Sight

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would eat at the house of Rāghava Paṇḍita every day.

  2. 2

    Sometimes He gave Rāghava Paṇḍita the opportunity to see Him.

  3. 3

    His daily eating there and His occasional appearance to Rāghava Paṇḍita are described separately.

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:

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. Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī.
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. prati-dinadaily
  2. mahāprabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. karena bhojanaeats
  4. madhye madhyesometimes
  5. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. tāṅreunto him
  7. dena daraśanagives His audience
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What encourages you to remain steady in daily devotional service?

Practice

Set aside a few minutes today for one small act of devotional service.

Live this todayDaily Service and Occasional SightThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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