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  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 6.19Antya 6.21

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.20

রাজ-ঘরে কৈফিয়ৎ দিয়া উজীরে আনিল ।

হিরণ্যদাস পলাইল, রঘুনাথেরে বান্ধিল ॥ ২০ ॥

rāja-ghare kaiphiyat diyā ujīre ānila

hiraṇya-dāsa palāila, raghunāthere bāndhila

Translation

After sending a confidential account to the government treasury, the caudhurī brought the minister in charge. The caudhurī came, wanting to arrest Hiraṇya dāsa, but Hiraṇya dāsa had left home. Therefore the caudhurī arrested Raghunātha dāsa.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Raghunātha Is Arrested in His Uncle’s Absence

  1. 1

    The caudhurī sent a confidential account to the government treasury and brought the minister in charge.

  2. 2

    He came wanting to arrest Hiraṇya dāsa, but Hiraṇya dāsa had left home.

  3. 3

    The caudhurī therefore arrested Raghunātha dāsa instead.

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:

In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rāja-ghareto the government treasury
  2. kaiphiyat diyāsending a confidential account
  3. ujīre ānilabrought the minister in charge
  4. hiraṇya-dāsa palāilaHiraṇya dāsa fled
  5. raghunāthere bāndhilahe arrested Raghunātha dāsa
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Raghunātha dāsa being arrested when the caudhurī was seeking his uncle?

Practice

Write one sentence distinguishing whom the caudhurī sought from whom he actually arrested.

Live this todayRaghunātha Is Arrested in His Uncle’s AbsenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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