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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī

Antya 6.283 Antya 6.285

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.284

প্রভু কহে, — “ভাল কৈল, ছাড়িল সিংহদ্বার ।

সিংহদ্বারে ভিক্ষা-বৃত্তি — বেশ্যার আচার ॥ ২৮৪ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “bhāla kaila, chāḍila siṁha-dvāra

siṁha-dvāre bhikṣā-vṛtti — veśyāra ācāra

Translation

Hearing this news, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “He has done very well by no longer standing at the Siṁha-dvāra gate. Such begging of alms resembles the behavior of a prostitute.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Approval for Leaving Calculating Dependence

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that Raghunātha dāsa had done very well by leaving the Siṁha-dvāra gate.
2
He strongly criticized that manner of begging, comparing it to the behavior of a prostitute.
3
The following explanation identifies the concern: watching particular people and calculating who might give something.

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

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.

prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
bhāla kailahe has done well
chāḍila siṁha-dvārahe has given up standing at the Siṁha-dvāra
siṁha-dvāre bhikṣā-vṛttito beg alms standing at the Siṁha-dvāra
veśyāra ācārathe behavior of a prostitute

Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I relating to anyone mainly in terms of what they might give me?

Practice

In one interaction today, set aside thoughts of what you might receive from the other person.

Live this todayApproval for Leaving Calculating DependenceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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