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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.123
কহিলা, — “চৈতন্য গোসাঞি করিয়াছেন ভোজন ।
তাঁর শেষ পাইলে, তোমার খণ্ডিল বন্ধন ।।” ১২৩ ।। ॥ ১২৩ ॥
kahilā, — “caitanya gosāñi kariyāchena bhojana
tāṅra śeṣa pāile, tomāra khaṇḍila bandhana”
He said, “Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu has eaten this food. If you take His remnants, you will be released from the bondage of your family.”
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Rāghava Paṇḍita said that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had eaten this food.
He encouraged Raghunātha dāsa to take the Lord’s remnants.
He assured Raghunātha dāsa that accepting these remnants would release him from the bondage of his family.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Rāghava Paṇḍita’s assurance teach me about the value of the Lord’s remnants?
Read Rāghava Paṇḍita’s assurance slowly today, reflecting on the mercy offered through the Lord’s remnants.
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