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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 6.221

প্রভুরে গোবিন্দ কহে, — “রঘুনাথ ‘প্রসাদ’ না লয় ।

রাত্র্যে সিংহদ্বারে খাড়া হঞা মাগি’ খায় ।।” ২২১ ।। ॥ ২২১ ॥

prabhure govinda kahe, — “raghunātha ‘prasāda’ nā laya

rātrye siṁha-dvāre khāḍā hañā māgi’ khāya”

Translation

Govinda said to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Raghunātha dāsa no longer takes prasādam here. Now he stands at the Siṁha-dvāra, where he begs some alms to eat.”

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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.

Raghunātha dāsa Changes His Means of Support

  1. 1

    Govinda reports Raghunātha dāsa’s change of practice to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Raghunātha dāsa no longer takes prasādam there.

  3. 3

    Instead, he stands at the Siṁha-dvāra and begs some alms to eat.

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. prabhureunto Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. govinda kaheGovinda said
  3. raghunāthaRaghunātha dāsa
  4. prasāda nā layadoes not take prasādam
  5. rātryeat night
  6. siṁha-dvāreat the Siṁha-dvāra gate
  7. khāḍā hañāstanding
  8. māgi’begging
  9. khāyahe eats
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does Raghunātha dāsa’s change suggest to you about willingness to live simply?

Practice

Identify one unnecessary demand you make about meals, and set it aside today.

Live this todayRaghunātha dāsa Changes His Means of SupportThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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