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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.21
প্রতিদিন রঘুনাথে করয়ে ভর্ৎসনা ।
‘বাপ-জ্যেঠারে আন’, নহে পাইবা যাতনা ॥ ২১ ॥
prati-dina raghunāthe karaye bhartsanā
‘bāpa-jyeṭhāre āna’, nahe pāibā yātanā
Every day, the Muslim would chastise Raghunātha dāsa and tell him, “Bring your father and his elder brother. Otherwise you will be punished.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Muslim official chastised Raghunātha dāsa every day.
He demanded that Raghunātha dāsa bring his father and his father’s elder brother.
He threatened to punish Raghunātha dāsa if he did not bring them.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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