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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.165
রঘুনাথে কহে, — “তারে করহ সাধন ।
সেবা যেন করে, আর নাহিক ব্রাহ্মণ ।।” ১৬৫ ।। ॥ ১৬৫ ॥
raghunāthe kahe, — “tāre karaha sādhana
sevā yena kare, āra nāhika brāhmaṇa”
Yadunandana Ācārya requested Raghunātha dāsa, “Please induce the brāhmaṇa to resume the service, for there is no other brāhmaṇa to do it.”
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Yadunandana Ācārya directly requested Raghunātha dāsa’s help.
He asked him to induce the brāhmaṇa to resume the Deity service.
There was no other brāhmaṇa to do it, making the disciple’s return an immediate concern.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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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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