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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 6.200Antya 6.202

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.201

রঘুনাথের ক্ষীণতা-মালিন্য দেখিয়া ।

স্বরূপেরে কহেন প্রভু কৃপার্দ্র-চিত্ত হঞা ॥ ২০১ ॥

raghunāthera kṣīṇatā-mālinya dekhiyā

svarūpere kahena prabhu kṛpārdra-citta hañā

Translation

Seeing Raghunātha dāsa skinny and dirty because of having traveled for twelve days and fasted, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His heart melting due to causeless mercy, spoke to Svarūpa Dāmodara.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord Notices His Devotee’s Hardship

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa had traveled for twelve days and fasted.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw that he was skinny and dirty from these hardships.

  3. 3

    The Lord’s heart melted with causeless mercy, and He spoke to Svarūpa Dāmodara.

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 twelve days, he arrived in Jagannātha Purī at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. raghunātheraof Raghunātha dāsa
  2. kṣīṇatāthinness
  3. mālinyadirty condition of the body
  4. dekhiyāseeing
  5. svarūpere kahenasaid to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  6. prabhuLord Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. kṛpāout of mercy
  8. ārdramelted
  9. cittaheart
  10. hañābeing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s response teach me about noticing another person’s hardship?

Practice

Notice someone who seems tired or worn down today, and ask gently how they are doing.

Live this todayThe Lord Notices His Devotee’s HardshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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