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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.139
“তুমি যে করাইলা এই পুলিন-ভোজন ।
তোমায় কৃপা করি’ গৌর কৈলা আগমন ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
“tumi ye karāilā ei pulina-bhojana
tomāya kṛpā kari’ gaura kailā āgamana
“My dear Raghunātha dāsa,” He said, “since you arranged the feast on the bank of the Ganges, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came here just to show you His mercy.
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Lord Nityānanda addressed Raghunātha dāsa affectionately as “My dear Raghunātha dāsa.”
Raghunātha dāsa had arranged the feast on the bank of the Ganges.
Lord Nityānanda explained that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu came there just to show Raghunātha dāsa His mercy.
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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