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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.180
শিবানন্দে পত্রী দিল বিনয় করিয়া ।
‘আমার পুত্রেরে তুমি দিবা বাহুড়িয়া’ ॥ ১৮০ ॥
śivānande patrī dila vinaya kariyā
‘āmāra putrere tumi dibā bāhuḍiyā’
Raghunātha dāsa’s father wrote a letter to Śivānanda Sena, asking him with great humility, “Please return my son.”
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Raghunātha dāsa’s father wrote a letter to Śivānanda Sena.
He asked with great humility that his son be returned.
His request was simple and direct: “Please return my son.”
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I express an important request with humility?
Make one request today in simple, respectful words.
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