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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.247
তোমারে পাঠাইতে পত্রী পাঠাইল মোরে ।
ঝাঁকরা হইতে তোমা না পাঞা গেল ঘরে ॥ ২৪৭ ॥
tomāre pāṭhāite patrī pāṭhāila more
jhāṅkarā ha-ite tomā nā pāñā gela ghare
“He wrote me a letter asking me to send you back, but when those ten men received no information about you, they returned home from Jhāṅkarā.”
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Raghunātha dāsa’s father wrote to Śivānanda Sena asking him to send his son back.
The ten men received no information about Raghunātha dāsa.
They therefore returned home from Jhāṅkarā without bringing him back.
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:
When Raghunātha’s father received news of this, he sent some men and money, but Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī refused to accept the money. Understanding that Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was living by begging from the chatras, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu presented him with His own guñjā-mālā and a stone from Govardhana Hill.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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