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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 6.215

জগন্নাথের সেবক যত — ‘বিষয়ীর গণ’ ।

সেবা সারি’ রাত্র্যে করে গৃহেতে গমন ॥ ২১৫ ॥

jagannāthera sevaka yata — ‘viṣayīra gaṇa’

sevā sāri’ rātrye kare gṛhete gamana

Translation

After finishing their prescribed duties, the many servants of Lord Jagannātha, who are known as viṣayīs, return home at night.

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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.

Complete Your Prescribed Duties

  1. 1

    Lord Jagannātha had many servants, who are described here as viṣayīs.

  2. 2

    These servants carried out their prescribed duties.

  3. 3

    After finishing their duties, they returned home at night.

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:

After twelve days, he arrived in Jagannātha Purī at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagannātheraof Lord Jagannātha
  2. sevakaservants
  3. yataall
  4. viṣayīra gaṇagenerally known as viṣayīs
  5. sevā sāri’after finishing their service
  6. rātryeat night
  7. karedo
  8. gṛhete gamanareturning home
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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: “servants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Which duty needs my careful attention before I rest today?

Practice

Complete one responsibility you have already accepted before turning to your evening rest.

Live this todayComplete Your Prescribed DutiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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