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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.236
গ্রাম্যকথা না শুনিবে, গ্রাম্যবার্তা না কহিবে ।
ভাল না খাইবে আর ভাল না পরিবে ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
grāmya-kathā nā śunibe, grāmya-vārtā nā kahibe
bhāla nā khāibe āra bhāla nā paribe
“Do not talk like people in general or hear what they say. You should not eat very palatable food, nor should you dress very nicely.
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The Lord instructs Raghunātha dāsa not to engage in ordinary worldly talk or listen to it.
He tells him not to eat very palatable food or dress very nicely.
In the surrounding instructions, this simplicity accompanies humility, chanting, and inward service to Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers. When Raghunātha’s father received news of this, he sent some men and money, but Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī refused to accept the money.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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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: “service”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humility”
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which draws more of my attention: worldly talk, pleasing food, or fine clothing?
Today, step away from one worldly conversation and spend that time chanting the holy name.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
Quoted in 3 lectures. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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