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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.274
বিষয়ীর দ্রব্য লঞা করি নিমন্ত্রণ ।
প্রসন্ন না হয় ইহায় জানি প্রভুর মন ॥ ২৭৪ ॥
viṣayīra dravya lañā kari nimantraṇa
prasanna nā haya ihāya jāni prabhura mana
“ ‘I invite Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu by accepting goods from materialistic people. I know that the Lord’s mind is not satisfied by this.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker invites Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu using goods accepted from materialistic people.
He recognizes that these invitations do not satisfy the Lord’s mind.
In the surrounding verses, he examines whether his invitations bring genuine service or only material reputation.
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
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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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: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
In my service, am I seeking the Lord’s satisfaction or recognition from others?
Before one act of service today, pause to examine whether you are hoping for praise.
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