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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.202
“এই রঘুনাথে আমি সঁপিনু তোমারে ।
পুত্র-ভৃত্য-রূপে তুমি কর অঙ্গীকারে ॥ ২০২ ॥
“ei raghunāthe āmi saṅpinu tomāre
putra-bhṛtya-rūpe tumi kara aṅgīkāre
“My dear Svarūpa,” He said, “I entrust this Raghunātha dāsa to you. Please accept him as your son or servant.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusts Raghunātha dāsa to Svarūpa Dāmodara.
He asks Svarūpa to accept Raghunātha dāsa as his son or servant.
This request places Raghunātha dāsa in a relationship of personal care and service.
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
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.
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: “servant”, “service”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “relationship”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I receive care while also being willing to serve?
Thank someone who cares for you, and offer one small act of service.
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