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  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 6.147Antya 6.149

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.148

তবে রাঘব-পণ্ডিত তাঁরে ঘরে0ন দিলা অনেক ‘প্রসাদ’ দিলা পথে খাইবারে ।

তবে পুনঃ রঘুনাথ কহে পণ্ডিতেরে “প্রভুর সঙ্গে যত মহান্ত, ভৃত্য, আশ্রিত জন ।

পূজিতে চাহিয়ে আমি সবার চরণ বিশ, পঞ্চদশ, বার, দশ, পঞ্চ হয় ।

মুদ্রা দেহ’ বিচারি’ যার যত যোগ্য হয় ॥ ১৪৮ ॥

tabe rāghava-paṇḍita tāṅre ghare lañā gelā

ṭhākura darśana karāñā mālā-candana dilā

Translation

Thereupon, Rāghava Paṇḍita took Raghunātha dāsa to his home. After inducing him to see the Deity, he gave Raghunātha dāsa a garland and sandalwood pulp.

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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.

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  1. 1

    Rāghava Paṇḍita took Raghunātha dāsa to his home.

  2. 2

    He encouraged Raghunātha dāsa to see the Deity.

  3. 3

    He then gave Raghunātha dāsa a garland and sandalwood pulp.

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. tabethereupon
  2. rāghava-paṇḍitaRāghava Paṇḍita
  3. tāṅrehim
  4. ghare lañā gelātook to his home
  5. ṭhākura darśana karāñāafter inducing him to see the Deity
  6. mālā-candanaa garland and sandalwood pulp
  7. dilādelivered
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can my welcome to another person include care for their devotional life?

Practice

Invite someone to join you in seeing the Deity, if you have the opportunity today.

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