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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 6.133

মোর মাথে পদ ধরি’ করহ প্রসাদ ।

নির্বিঘ্নে চৈতন্য পাঙ — কর আশীর্বাদ ।।” ১৩৩ ॥ ১৩৩ ॥

mora māthe pada dhari’ karaha prasāda

nirvighne caitanya pāṅa — kara āśīrvāda”

Translation

“Placing Your feet on my head, give me the benediction that I may achieve the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu without difficulty. I pray for this benediction.”

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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.

Praying for the Benediction of Shelter

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa asks Lord Nityānanda Prabhu to place His feet on his head.

  2. 2

    He seeks the benediction of attaining Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s shelter without difficulty.

  3. 3

    His prayer keeps this desired shelter at its center.

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. mora mātheupon my head
  2. pada dhari’keeping Your feet
  3. karaha prasādabless me
  4. nirvighnewithout difficulty
  5. caitanya pāṅaI may get the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. kara āśīrvādagive this benediction
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “shelter”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does the wish for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s shelter have in your prayers?

Practice

Pause today to pray specifically for the benediction of attaining Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s shelter.

Live this todayPraying for the Benediction of ShelterThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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