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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 6.158Antya 6.161

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 6.159-160

এইমত চিন্তিতে দৈবে একদিনে ।

বাহিরে দেবীমণ্ডপে করিয়াছেন শয়নে ॥ ১৫৯ ॥

ei-mata cintite daive eka-dine

bāhire devī-maṇḍape kariyāchena śayane

Translation

Thus Raghunātha dāsa thought deeply about how to escape, and one night while he was sleeping on the Durgā-maṇḍapa, the priest Yadunandana Ācārya entered the house when only four daṇḍas remained until the end of the night.

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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.

Deep Thought Before an Unexpected Visit

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa thought deeply about how to escape.

  2. 2

    One night, while he was sleeping on the Durgā-maṇḍapa, the priest Yadunandana Ācārya entered the house.

  3. 3

    Only four daṇḍas remained until the end of the night. The visit occurred while Raghunātha dāsa was still seeking a way to leave.

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:

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. Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei-matain this way
  2. cintitewhile he was thinking
  3. daiveby chance
  4. eka dineone day
  5. bāhireoutside the house
  6. devī-maṇḍapeon the Durgā platform
  7. kariyāchena śayanewas sleeping
  8. daṇḍa-cārifour daṇḍas (ninety-six minutes)
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I give thoughtful attention to difficulties rather than acting hastily?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes considering one difficulty in your devotional routine before deciding what to do.

Live this todayDeep Thought Before an Unexpected VisitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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