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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.284Antya 6.286

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.285

তথাহি — কিমর্থময়মাগচ্ছতি, অয়ং দাস্যতি, অনেন দত্তময়-মপরঃ ।

সমেত্যয়ং দাস্যতি, অনেনাপি ন দত্তমন্যঃ সমেষ্যতি, স দাস্যতি ইত্যাদি ॥ ২৮৫ ॥

tathā hi — kim artham ayam āgacchati, ayaṁ dāsyati, anena

dattam ayam aparaḥ. samety ayaṁ dāsyati, anenāpi na

dattam anyaḥ sameṣyati, sa dāsyati ity-ādi.

Translation

“ ‘Here is a person coming near. He will give me something. This person gave me something last night. Now another person is coming near. He may give me something. The person who just passed did not give me anything, but another person will come, and he will give me something.’ Thus a person in the renounced order gives up his neutrality and depends on the charity of this person or that. Thinking in this way, he adopts the occupation of a prostitute.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Expectations Can Undermine Neutrality

  1. 1

    The mind repeatedly considers who has given before, who has not given, and who might give next.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu says that a person in the renounced order thereby gives up neutrality and depends on particular people.

  3. 3

    He compares this calculating dependence to adopting the occupation of a prostitute.

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:

This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.
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. tathā hithus
  2. kim arthamwhy
  3. ayamthis person
  4. āgacchatiis coming
  5. ayamthis person
  6. dāsyatiwill give
  7. anenaby this person
  8. dattamgiven
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “depends”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How do hopes of receiving something affect my attitude toward different people?

Practice

When you catch yourself calculating who may give you something, pause and let that calculation go.

Live this todayExpectations Can Undermine NeutralityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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