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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.288
শঙ্করানন্দ-সরস্বতী বৃন্দাবন হৈতে আইলা ।
তেঁহ সেই শিলা-গুঞ্জামালা লঞা গেলা ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
śaṅkarānanda-sarasvatī vṛndāvana haite āilā
teṅha sei śilā-guñjā-mālā lañā gelā
Previously, when Śaṅkarānanda Sarasvatī had returned from Vṛndāvana, he had brought the stone from Govardhana Hill and also the garland of conchshells.
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The account turns back to when Śaṅkarānanda Sarasvatī returned from Vṛndāvana.
He had brought the stone from Govardhana Hill.
He had also brought the garland of conchshells—the two items later given to Raghunātha dāsa.
Longing fulfilled. Raghunātha’s sustained desire for the Lord culminates in arrival, shelter, and renunciation.
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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.
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: “vṛndāvana”, “govardhana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I notice when I attend carefully to how these gifts arrived?
Recall the two items Śaṅkarānanda Sarasvatī brought, then reread the verse to check your memory.
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