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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 6.213

এইমত রহে তেঁহ স্বরূপ-চরণে ।

গোবিন্দ প্রসাদ তাঁরে দিল পঞ্চ দিনে ॥ ২১৩ ॥

ei-mata rahe teṅha svarūpa-caraṇe

govinda prasāda tāṅre dila pañca dine

Translation

Raghunātha dāsa stayed under the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, and Govinda supplied him remnants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s food for five days.

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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.

Receive the Care of Devotees

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa stayed under the care of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.

  2. 2

    Govinda supplied him with remnants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s food.

  3. 3

    This arrangement continued for five days, providing Raghunātha dāsa with care and prasādam.

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. ei-matain this way
  2. raheremained
  3. teṅhahe
  4. svarūpa-caraṇeunder the shelter of Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  5. govindathe personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. prasādathe remnants of the food of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. tāṅreunto him
  8. dilagave
  9. pañca dinefor five days
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I appreciate the devotees who give me care and support?

Practice

Thank one devotee who has cared for you or helped provide your meals.

Live this todayReceive the Care of DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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