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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 6.143

নিশ্চিন্ত হঞা যাহ আপন-ভবন ।

অচিরে নির্বিঘ্নে পাবে চৈতন্য-চরণ ।।” ১৪৩ ॥ ১৪৩ ॥

niścinta hañā yāha āpana-bhavana

acire nirvighne pābe caitanya-caraṇa”

Translation

“Being assured of all this, return to your own home. Very soon, without impediments, you will attain shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.”

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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.

Return home with confidence in mercy

  1. 1

    Lord Nityānanda instructed Raghunātha dāsa to return to his own home.

  2. 2

    He asked him to return assured of the promises he had received.

  3. 3

    Very soon, without impediments, Raghunātha dāsa would attain shelter at the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. niścintawithout anxiety
  2. hañābeing
  3. yāhago
  4. āpana-bhavanato your own place
  5. acirevery soon
  6. nirvighnewithout impediments
  7. pābeyou will get
  8. caitanya-caraṇathe shelter of the lotus feet of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
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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”, “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How did the promise of future shelter support the immediate instruction to return home?

Practice

Spend one quiet minute reflecting on Raghunātha dāsa’s instruction to return home while awaiting the promised shelter.

Live this todayReturn home with confidence in mercyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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