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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.256
কেহ যদি দেয়, তবে করয়ে ভক্ষণ ।
কভু উপবাস, কভু করয়ে চর্বণ ।।” ২৫৬ ।। ॥ ২৫৬ ॥
keha yadi deya, tabe karaye bhakṣaṇa
kabhu upavāsa, kabhu karaye carvaṇa”
“He eats if someone gives him something to eat. Sometimes he fasts, and sometimes he chews fried grains.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Raghunātha dāsa eats when someone gives him something to eat.
Sometimes he fasts, and sometimes he chews fried grains.
These changing circumstances illustrate the simple maintenance of his renounced life.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I be more content with simple food rather than insisting on my preferences?
Accept a simple, nourishing meal today without complaining about its lack of variety.
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