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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 6.267

সেই বিপ্র ভৃত্য, চারি-শত মুদ্রা লঞা ।

নীলাচলে রঘুনাথে মিলিলা আসিয়া ॥ ২৬৭ ॥

sei vipra bhṛtya, cāri-śata mudrā lañā

nīlācale raghunāthe mililā āsiyā

Translation

The servants and brāhmaṇa brought four hundred coins to Jagannātha Purī, and there they met Raghunātha dāsa.

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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.

Resources Brought to Raghunātha Dāsa

  1. 1

    The servants and brāhmaṇa brought four hundred coins to Jagannātha Purī.

  2. 2

    There they met Raghunātha dāsa.

  3. 3

    The following verse explains that his father had sent the money and men, but Raghunātha dāsa did not accept them.

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:

After twelve days, he arrived in Jagannātha Purī at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu entrusted Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī to Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.
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. sei viprathat brāhmaṇa
  2. bhṛtyathe servants
  3. cāri-śata mudrāfour hundred coins
  4. lañābringing
  5. nīlācaleat Jagannātha Purī
  6. raghunāthewith Raghunātha dāsa
  7. mililāmet
  8. āsiyācoming
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “servants”

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

When you offer someone help, are you willing to let them decide whether to accept it?

Practice

Offer one small form of practical help today without pressing the person to accept.

Live this todayResources Brought to Raghunātha DāsaThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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