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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.269
তবে রঘুনাথ করি’ অনেক যতন ।
মাসে দুইদিন কৈলা প্রভুর নিমন্ত্রণ ॥ ২৬৯ ॥
tabe raghunātha kari’ aneka yatana
māse dui-dina kailā prabhura nimantraṇa
At that time, Raghunātha dāsa began inviting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his house with great attention for two days every month.
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Raghunātha dāsa began inviting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to his house.
He offered these invitations for two days every month.
He made these arrangements with great attention.
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:
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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Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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