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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 6.262

এই ত’ প্রস্তাবে শ্রীকবিকর্ণপূর ।

রঘুনাথ-মহিমা গ্রন্থে লিখিলা প্রচুর ॥ ২৬২ ॥

ei ta’ prastāve śrī-kavi-karṇapūra

raghunātha-mahimā granthe likhilā pracura

Translation

Describing this incident, the great poet Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra has written extensively about the glorious activities of Raghunātha dāsa in his Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka.

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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.

Raghunātha’s Glorious Activities Are Recorded

  1. 1

    The great poet Śrī Kavi-karṇapūra described this incident.

  2. 2

    He wrote extensively about the glorious activities of Raghunātha dāsa.

  3. 3

    His account appears in Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka.

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:

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei ta’ prastāvein this connection
  2. śrī-kavi-karṇapūrathe poet named Kavi-karṇapūra
  3. raghunātha-mahimāthe glories of Raghunātha dāsa
  4. granthein his book (Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka)
  5. likhilāwrote
  6. pracuramuch
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What draws my attention when I read about Raghunātha dāsa’s activities?

Practice

Reread the account in this batch and note one activity of Raghunātha dāsa that you want to understand better.

Live this todayRaghunātha’s Glorious Activities Are RecordedThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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