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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.136Antya 6.138

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.137

যো দুস্ত্যজান্ দারসুতান্ সুহৃদ্রাজ্যং হৃদিস্পৃশঃ ।

জহৌ যুবৈব মলবদুত্তম-শ্লোকলালসঃ ॥ ১৩৭ ॥

yo dustyajān dāra-sutān

suhṛd-rājyaṁ hṛdi-spṛśaḥ

jahau yuvaiva mala-vad

uttama-śloka-lālasaḥ

Translation

“ ‘Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is offered sublime, poetic prayers by those trying to attain His favor. Thus He is known as Uttamaśloka. Being very eager to gain the association of Lord Kṛṣṇa, King Bharata, although in the prime of youth, gave up his very attractive wife, affectionate children, most beloved friends and opulent kingdom, exactly as one gives up stool after excreting it.’”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Longing for Kṛṣṇa outweighs worldly attachments

  1. 1

    Lord Kṛṣṇa, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, is called Uttamaśloka because those seeking His favor offer Him sublime, poetic prayers.

  2. 2

    King Bharata was very eager to gain Lord Kṛṣṇa’s association, even in the prime of youth.

  3. 3

    He gave up his attractive wife, affectionate children, beloved friends and opulent kingdom as readily as one discards stool. His longing for Kṛṣṇa outweighed these attachments.

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. yaḥwho (Bharata Mahārāja)
  2. dustyajāndifficult to give up
  3. dāra-sutānwife and children
  4. suhṛtfriends
  5. rājyamkingdom
  6. hṛdi-spṛśaḥdear to the core of the heart
  7. jahaugave up
  8. yuvāyouth
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “association”

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

  • 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: “favor”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Bharata’s eagerness reveal about the value he placed on Kṛṣṇa’s association?

Practice

Offer a short prayer to Lord Kṛṣṇa expressing your desire for His association.

Live this todayLonging for Kṛṣṇa outweighs worldly attachmentsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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