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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.287
এত বলি’ তাঁরে পুনঃ প্রসাদ করিলা ।
‘গোবর্ধনের শিলা’, ‘গুঞ্জা-মালা’ তাঁরে দিলা ॥ ২৮৭ ॥
eta bali’ tāṅre punaḥ prasāda karilā
‘govardhanera śilā’, ‘guñjā-mālā’ tāṅre dilā
After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again bestowed His mercy upon Raghunātha dāsa by giving him a stone from Govardhana Hill and a garland of small conchshells.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After speaking about peaceful chanting, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again bestowed His mercy upon Raghunātha dāsa.
He gave Raghunātha dāsa a stone from Govardhana Hill.
He also gave him a garland of small conchshells. The verse presents these gifts as an expression of His mercy.
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
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana”
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this account help me reflect on receiving mercy?
Read the verse once more and pause to appreciate the mercy shown to Raghunātha dāsa.
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