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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.289
পার্শ্বে গাঁথা গুঞ্জামালা, গোবর্ধনশিলা ।
দুই বস্তু মহাপ্রভুর আগে আনি’ দিলা ॥ ২৮৯ ॥
pārśve gāṅthā guñjā-mālā, govardhana-śilā
dui vastu mahāprabhura āge āni’ dilā
He presented Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with these two items — the garland of conchshells and the stone from Govardhana Hill.
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Śaṅkarānanda Sarasvatī presented the two items to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The gifts were the garland of conchshells and the stone from Govardhana Hill.
These are the same items Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu later gave to Raghunātha dāsa as His mercy.
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: “govardhana”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing who first presented these items deepen my attention to the account?
Briefly retell how the two gifts passed from Śaṅkarānanda Sarasvatī to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and then to Raghunātha dāsa.
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