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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 6.283

স্বরূপ কহে, — “সিংহদ্বারে দুঃখ অনুভবিয়া ।

ছত্রে মাগি’ খায় মধ্যাহ্নকালে গিয়া ।।” ২৮৩ ।। ॥ ২৮৩ ॥

svarūpa kahe, — “siṁha-dvāre duḥkha anubhaviyā

chatre māgi’ khāya madhyāhna-kāle giyā”

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara replied, “Raghunātha dāsa felt unhappy standing at the Siṁha-dvāra. Therefore he is now going at midday to beg alms from the charity booth.”

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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.

Choose a Simpler Way of Receiving

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara explained that Raghunātha dāsa felt unhappy standing at the Siṁha-dvāra.

  2. 2

    Raghunātha dāsa had therefore begun going to the charity booth at midday to beg alms.

  3. 3

    He still received charity, but changed the place and manner in which he sought it.

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.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpa kaheSvarūpa Dāmodara replied
  2. siṁha-dvāreat the Siṁha-dvāra gate
  3. duḥkha anubhaviyāfeeling unhappy
  4. chatreat the charity booth
  5. māgi’begging
  6. khāyahe eats
  7. madhyāhna-kāleat midday
  8. giyāgoing
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does the way I seek support bring unnecessary uneasiness?

Practice

Notice one expectation of receiving something from another person, and consider whether you can simplify it.

Live this todayChoose a Simpler Way of ReceivingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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