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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.232
“কি মোর কর্তব্য, মুঞি না জানি উদ্দেশ ।
আপনি শ্রীমুখে মোরে কর উপদেশ ।।” ২৩২ ॥ ২৩২ ॥
“ki mora kartavya, muñi nā jāni uddeśa
āpani śrī-mukhe more kara upadeśa”
“ ‘I do not know my duty or the goal of my life. Therefore, please personally give me instructions from Your transcendental mouth.’”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Raghunātha dāsa acknowledged that he did not know his duty.
He also said that he did not know the goal of his life.
He therefore asked the Lord to give him instructions personally from His transcendental mouth.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I honest about what I still need to understand concerning my duty and life’s goal?
Reread the instruction to chant Hare Kṛṣṇa in this batch, then spend a few minutes putting it into practice.
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