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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.280
ইঁহার সঙ্কোচে আমি এত দিন নিল ।
ভাল হৈল — জানিয়া আপনি ছাড়ি দিল ।।” ২৮০ ।। ॥ ২৮০ ॥
iṅhāra saṅkoce āmi eta dina nila
bhāla haila — jāniyā āpani chāḍi dila”
“Because of Raghunātha dāsa’s eagerness, I accepted his invitation for many days. It is very good that Raghunātha dāsa, knowing this, has now automatically given up this practice.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted Raghunātha dāsa’s invitations for many days because of his eagerness.
Raghunātha dāsa came to understand the concerns surrounding these invitations and gave up the practice on his own.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu explicitly approves this change, saying that it is very good.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I willingly stop a cherished practice when I understand that it is unsuitable for service?
Take one small corrective step in a service habit you already recognize needs changing.
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