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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.230
প্রভুর আগে কথা-মাত্র না কহে রঘুনাথ ।
স্বরূপ-গোবিন্দ-দ্বারা কহায় নিজ-বাত্ ॥ ২৩০ ॥
prabhura āge kathā-mātra nā kahe raghunātha
svarūpa-govinda-dvārā kahāya nija-bāt
Raghunātha dāsa never even spoke a word before the Lord. Instead, he informed the Lord of his desires through Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Govinda.
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Raghunātha dāsa never even spoke a word before the Lord.
He conveyed his desires through Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Govinda.
His silence before the Lord did not prevent him from making his wish for instruction known.
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:
Therefore another name for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is Svarūpera Raghu, or the Raghunātha of Svarūpa Dāmodara. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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