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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.170
“সেবক রক্ষক আর কেহ নাহি সঙ্গে ।
পলাইতে আমার ভাল এইত প্রসঙ্গে ।।” ১৭০ ॥ ১৭০ ॥
“sevaka rakṣaka āra keha nāhi saṅge
palāite āmāra bhāla eita prasaṅge”
Raghunātha dāsa thought, “This is the greatest opportunity to go away because this time there are no servants or watchmen with me.”
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Raghunātha dāsa saw this moment as his greatest opportunity to go away.
No servants or watchmen were with him, so he could leave without their accompanying him.
The following verses show him using this opportunity while remembering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
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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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: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What small opportunity do you have today to give attention to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?
Use one quiet moment today to remember Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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