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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.290

দুই অপূর্ব-বস্তু পাঞা প্রভু তুষ্ট হৈলা ।

স্মরণের কালে গলে পরে গুঞ্জামালা ॥ ২৯০ ॥

dui apūrva-vastu pāñā prabhu tuṣṭa hailā

smaraṇera kāle gale pare guñjā-mālā

Translation

Upon receiving these two uncommon items, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was extremely happy. While chanting, He would put the garland around His neck.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Joy in Sacred Gifts and Chanting

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was extremely happy to receive the two uncommon items.

  2. 2

    These gifts were the stone from Govardhana and the garland described in this passage.

  3. 3

    While chanting, He would wear the garland around His neck.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. duitwo
  2. apūrva-vastuuncommon things
  3. pāñāgetting
  4. prabhuLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. tuṣṭa hailābecame very happy
  6. smaraṇera kāleat the time of remembering (when He was chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa)
  7. galeon the neck
  8. parewears
  9. guñjā-mālāthe garland of small conchshells
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give more loving attention to your chanting?

Practice

Take a quiet moment today to chant with care and attention.

Live this todayJoy in Sacred Gifts and ChantingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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