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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.204
এত কহি’ রঘুনাথের হস্ত ধরিলা ।
স্বরূপের হস্তে তাঁরে সমর্পণ কৈলা ॥ ২০৪ ॥
eta kahi’ raghunāthera hasta dharilā
svarūpera haste tāṅre samarpaṇa kailā
Saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu grasped the hand of Raghunātha dāsa and entrusted him to the hands of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu grasps the hand of Raghunātha dāsa.
He entrusts him to the hands of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
The Lord follows His spoken request with a personal act of entrusting Raghunātha dāsa to Svarūpa’s care.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī. Therefore another name for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is Svarūpera Raghu, or the Raghunātha of Svarūpa Dāmodara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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