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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 6.282

গোবিন্দ-পাশ শুনি’ প্রভু পুছেন স্বরূপেরে ।

‘রঘু ভিক্ষা লাগি’ ঠাড় কেনে নহে সিংহদ্বারে ?’ ॥ ২৮২ ॥

govinda-pāśa śuni’ prabhu puchena svarūpere

‘raghu bhikṣā lāgi’ ṭhāḍa kene nahe siṁha-dvāre’?

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this news from Govinda, He inquired from Svarūpa Dāmodara, “Why does Raghunātha dāsa no longer stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate to beg alms?”

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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.

Ask Before Drawing Conclusions

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard from Govinda that Raghunātha dāsa had changed his way of begging alms.

  2. 2

    He asked Svarūpa Dāmodara why Raghunātha dāsa no longer stood at the Siṁha-dvāra gate.

  3. 3

    His question gave Svarūpa Dāmodara an opportunity to explain the reason for this change.

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:

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. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. govinda-pāśafrom Govinda
  2. śuni’hearing
  3. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. puchena svarūpereinquired from Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī
  5. raghuRaghunātha dāsa
  6. bhikṣā lāgi’for begging
  7. ṭhāḍa kene nahewhy does he not stand
  8. siṁha-dvāreat the Siṁha-dvāra gate
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When someone changes a practice, do I seek to understand why?

Practice

Before judging one change you notice in someone today, gently ask about their reason.

Live this todayAsk Before Drawing ConclusionsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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