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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.212

প্রভুর অবশিষ্ট পাত্র গোবিন্দ তাঁরে দিলা ।

আনন্দিত হঞা রঘুনাথ প্রসাদ পাইলা ॥ ২১২ ॥

prabhura avaśiṣṭa pātra govinda tāṅre dilā

ānandita hañā raghunātha prasāda pāilā

Translation

Govinda offered him a plate with the remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and Raghunātha dāsa accepted the prasādam with great happiness.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accept Prasādam with Great Happiness

  1. 1

    Govinda offered Raghunātha dāsa a plate of food remnants.

  2. 2

    These were the remnants left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    Raghunātha dāsa accepted this prasādam with great happiness.

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:

For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. avaśiṣṭa pātraa plate of remnants of food
  3. govindathe personal servant of the Lord
  4. tāṅreto him
  5. dilāoffered
  6. ānandita hañābecoming very happy
  7. raghunāthaRaghunātha dāsa
  8. prasāda pāilāaccepted the prasādam
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

With what attitude do I receive prasādam?

Practice

When receiving prasādam today, pause to appreciate it and thank the person serving it.

Live this todayAccept Prasādam with Great HappinessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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