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  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 6.263Antya 6.265

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.264

যঃ সর্বলোকৈকমনোভিরুচ্যা সৌভাগ্যভূঃ কাচিদকৃষ্টপচ্যা ।

যত্রায়মারোপণতুল্যকালং তৎপ্রেমশাখী ফলবানতুল্যঃ ॥ ২৬৪ ॥

yaḥ sarva-lokaika-mano-’bhirucyā

saubhāgya-bhūḥ kācid akṛṣṭa-pacyā

yatrāyam āropaṇa-tulya-kālaṁ

tat-prema-śākhī phalavān atulyaḥ

Translation

“Because he is very pleasing to all the devotees, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī easily became like the fertile earth of good fortune in which it was suitable for the seed of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be sown. At the same time that the seed was sown, it grew into a matchless tree of the love of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and produced fruit.”

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Devotees’ Pleasure and the Fruit of Love

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is very pleasing to all the devotees.

  2. 2

    He became like fertile earth of good fortune, suitable for the seed of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu to be sown.

  3. 3

    As soon as the seed was sown, it grew into a matchless tree of love of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and produced fruit.

Key points from the purport
  • This is the next verse from Śrī Caitanya-candrodaya-nāṭaka (10.4).

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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. yaḥwho
  2. sarva-lokaof all the devotees in Purī
  3. ekaforemost
  4. manaḥof the minds
  5. abhirucyāby the affection
  6. saubhāgya-bhūḥthe ground of good fortune
  7. kācitindescribable
  8. akṛṣṭa-pacyāperfect without tilling or perfect without practice
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the image of fertile earth help me appreciate Raghunātha dāsa’s receptiveness?

Practice

Do one small, thoughtful act today for the pleasure of a devotee.

Live this todayDevotees’ Pleasure and the Fruit of LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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