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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.250
গোবর্ধনের পুত্র তেঁহো, নাম — ‘রঘুনাথ’ ।
নীলাচলে পরিচয় আছে তোমার সাথ ?” ॥ ২৫০ ॥
govardhanera putra teṅho, nāma — ‘raghunātha’
nīlācale paricaya āche tomāra sātha?”
“That person is Raghunātha dāsa, the son of Govardhana Majumadāra. Did you meet him in Nīlācala?”
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Raghunātha dāsa is identified as the son of Govardhana Majumadāra.
The speaker asks whether Śivānanda Sena met him in Nīlācala.
The question opens an account of Raghunātha dāsa’s life with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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:
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. Thereafter, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī used to eat rejected food that he had collected and washed.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana”
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