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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.245

রঘুনাথ-দাস যবে সবারে মিলিলা ।

অদ্বৈত-আচার্য তাঁরে বহু কৃপা কৈলা ॥ ২৪৫ ॥

raghunātha-dāsa yabe sabāre mililā

advaita-ācārya tāṅre bahu kṛpā kailā

Translation

When Raghunātha dāsa met all the devotees, Advaita Ācārya showed him great mercy.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receiving Mercy Among the Devotees

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa met all the devotees.

  2. 2

    During these meetings, Advaita Ācārya showed him great mercy.

  3. 3

    Alongside his wonder at the Lord’s dancing, Raghunātha dāsa now received this personal kindness.

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

Further reading

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

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away. Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. raghunātha-dāsaRaghunātha dāsa
  2. yabewhen
  3. sabāre mililāmet all the devotees
  4. advaita-ācāryaAdvaita Ācārya
  5. tāṅreunto him
  6. bahumuch
  7. kṛpāmercy
  8. kailādid
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do I respond when someone shows me kindness in devotional company?

Practice

Thank someone who has shown you kindness in your devotional life.

Live this todayReceiving Mercy Among the DevoteesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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