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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 6.152

সব লেখা করিয়া রাঘব-পাশ দিলা ।

যাঁর নামে যত রাঘব চিঠি লেখাইলা ॥ ১৫২ ॥

saba lekhā kariyā rāghava-pāśa dilā

yāṅra nāme yata rāghava ciṭhi lekhāilā

Translation

Raghunātha dāsa drew up an account of the amount to be given and submitted it to Rāghava Paṇḍita, who then made up a list showing how much money was to be paid to each and every devotee.

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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.

Keep Careful Accounts of Devotional Gifts

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa drew up an account of the amount to be given.

  2. 2

    He submitted that account to Rāghava Paṇḍita.

  3. 3

    Rāghava Paṇḍita then prepared a list showing how much money each and every devotee was to receive.

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:

When Raghunātha’s father received news of this, he sent some men and money, but Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī refused to accept the money. Understanding that Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was living by begging from the chatras, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented him with His own guñjā-mālā and a stone from Govardhana Hill.
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. sabaall
  2. lekhā kariyāwriting
  3. rāghava-pāśa dilādelivered to Rāghava Paṇḍita
  4. yāṅra nāmein whose name
  5. yataas much
  6. rāghavaRāghava Paṇḍita
  7. ciṭhia list
  8. lekhāilāhad written
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can careful recordkeeping help me carry out my intentions to serve?

Practice

Write down one planned devotional contribution, including its amount and intended recipient.

Live this todayKeep Careful Accounts of Devotional GiftsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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