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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.238
এই ত’ সংক্ষেপে আমি কৈলুঁ উপদেশ ।
স্বরূপের ঠাঞি ইহার পাইবে বিশেষ ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
ei ta’ saṅkṣepe āmi kailuṅ upadeśa
svarūpera ṭhāñi ihāra pāibe viśeṣa
“I have briefly given you My instructions. Now you will get all details about them from Svarūpa Dāmodara.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that He has given His instructions briefly.
He directs Raghunātha dāsa to Svarūpa Dāmodara for all the details.
The brief instructions are to be understood more fully through Svarūpa Dāmodara’s guidance.
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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