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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.247Antya 6.249

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.248

চারি মাস রহি’ ভক্তগণ গৌড়ে গেলা ।

শুনি’ রঘুনাথের পিতা মনুষ্য পাঠাইলা ॥ ২৪৮ ॥

cāri māsa rahi’ bhakta-gaṇa gauḍe gelā

śuni’ raghunāthera pitā manuṣya pāṭhāilā

Translation

When all the devotees from Bengal returned home after staying at Jagannātha Purī for four months, Raghunātha dāsa’s father heard about their arrival and therefore sent a man to Śivānanda Sena.

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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.

His Father Seeks News Again

  1. 1

    The devotees from Bengal stayed at Jagannātha Purī for four months before returning home.

  2. 2

    Raghunātha dāsa’s father heard about their arrival.

  3. 3

    He then sent a man to Śivānanda Sena, continuing his effort to obtain news of his son.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. cāri māsafor four months
  2. rahi’remaining
  3. bhakta-gaṇaall the devotees
  4. gauḍe gelāreturned to Bengal
  5. śuni’hearing
  6. raghunāthera pitāthe father of Raghunātha dāsa
  7. manuṣyaa man
  8. pāṭhāilāsent
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the sequence of events help me follow the father’s renewed inquiry?

Practice

Note the three steps in this verse: the devotees returned, the father heard, and he sent a messenger.

Live this todayHis Father Seeks News AgainThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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