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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

Antya 6.238 Antya 6.240

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.239

তৃণাদপি সুনীচেন তরোরিব সহিষ্ণুনা ।

অমানিনা মানদেন কীর্তনীয়ঃ সদা হরিঃ ।।” ২৩৯ ।। ॥ ২৩৯ ॥

tṛṇād api su-nīcena

taror iva sahiṣṇunā

amāninā māna-dena

kīrtanīyaḥ sadā hariḥ”

Translation

“One who thinks himself lower than grass, who is more tolerant than a tree, and who does not expect personal honor but is always prepared to give respect to others can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Humility and tolerance support constant chanting

1
One should think oneself lower than grass and be more tolerant than a tree.
2
One should not expect personal honor but should always be ready to respect others.
3
With these qualities, one can very easily always chant the holy name of the Lord.

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

Antya 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tṛṇād apithan downtrodden grass
su-nīcenabeing lower
taroḥthan a tree
ivaindeed
sahiṣṇunāwith more tolerance
amānināwithout being puffed up by false pride
māna-denagiving respect to all
kīrtanīyaḥto be chanted
sadāalways
hariḥthe holy name of the Lord

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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: “lower than”, “tolerant”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”, “holy name”
Śikṣāṣṭaka · The eightfold inner culmination
Eight prayers that lead from glorifying the holy name through humility and selfless love to unconditional attachment to Kṛṣṇa. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “tolerant than a tree”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When my wish for honor is frustrated, can I respond with tolerance and continue chanting?

Practice

At one small inconvenience today, practice patience and quietly chant the holy name of the Lord.

Live this todayHumility and tolerance support constant chantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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