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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 6.255

দশদণ্ড রাত্রি গেলে ‘পুষ্পাঞ্জলি’ দেখিয়া ।

সিংহদ্বারে খাড়া হয় আহার লাগিয়া ॥ ২৫৫ ॥

daśa-daṇḍa rātri gele ‘puṣpāñjali’ dekhiyā

siṁha-dvāre khāḍā haya āhāra lāgiyā

Translation

“After ten daṇḍas [four hours] of the night have passed and Raghunātha dāsa has seen the performance of puṣpāñjali, he stands at the Siṁha-dvāra gate to beg some alms to eat.

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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.

Worship Before Begging for Food

  1. 1

    Ten daṇḍas, or four hours, of the night have passed before Raghunātha dāsa stands to beg.

  2. 2

    He first sees the performance of puṣpāñjali.

  3. 3

    He then stands at the Siṁha-dvāra gate to beg some alms to eat.

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:

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. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. daśa-daṇḍaten daṇḍas (240 minutes)
  2. rātrinight
  3. gelehaving gone
  4. puṣpāñjalithe puṣpāñjali performance
  5. dekhiyāafter seeing
  6. siṁha-dvāreat the Siṁha-dvāra gate
  7. khāḍā hayastands
  8. āhāra lāgiyāto get some alms for eating
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What place does worship have in my daily routine?

Practice

Make a small, definite place for worship in today’s schedule.

Live this todayWorship Before Begging for FoodThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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