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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.270
দুই নিমন্ত্রণে লাগে কৌড়ি অষ্টপণ ।
ব্রাহ্মণ-ভৃত্য-ঠাঞি করেন এতেক গ্রহণ ॥ ২৭০ ॥
dui nimantraṇe lāge kauḍi aṣṭa-paṇa
brāhmaṇa-bhṛtya-ṭhāñi karena eteka grahaṇa
The cost for these two occasions was 640 kauḍis. Therefore he would take that much from the servant and the brāhmaṇa.
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The two occasions of inviting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cost 640 kauḍis.
Raghunātha dāsa would take that amount from the servant and the brāhmaṇa.
Although he had declined his father’s money and men, he took this specific amount for the invitations.
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:
Therefore another name for Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī is Svarūpera Raghu, or the Raghunātha of Svarūpa Dāmodara. For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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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: “servant”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do you connect the resources you use with the service they are meant to support?
Estimate the cost of one small act of hospitality and set aside only what is needed.
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