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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 6.163Antya 6.165

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.164

তাঁর এক শিষ্য তাঁর ঠাকুরের সেবা করে ।

সেবা ছাড়িয়াছে, তারে সাধিবার তরে ॥ ১৬৪ ॥

tāṅra eka śiṣya tāṅra ṭhākurera sevā kare

sevā chāḍiyāche, tāre sādhibāra tare

Translation

One of Yadunandana Ācārya’s disciples had been worshiping the Deity but had left that service. Yadunandana Ācārya wanted Raghunātha dāsa to induce the disciple to take up that service again.

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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.

Help Others Return to Their Service

  1. 1

    One of Yadunandana Ācārya’s disciples had been worshiping the Deity.

  2. 2

    That disciple had left the service; the verse does not explain why.

  3. 3

    Yadunandana Ācārya wanted Raghunātha dāsa to persuade the disciple to take up the service again.

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. tāṅrahis
  2. ekaone
  3. śiṣyadisciple
  4. tāṅrahis
  5. ṭhākureraof the Deity
  6. sevāservice
  7. karedoes
  8. sevā chāḍiyāchehe has left that service
  9. tārehim
  10. sādhibāra tareto induce
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How could I gently support someone who wants to resume a devotional service?

Practice

Offer one practical bit of help to someone returning to a devotional service.

Live this todayHelp Others Return to Their ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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