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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.291
গোবর্ধন-শিলা প্রভু হৃদয়ে-নেত্রে ধরে ।
কভু নাসায় ঘ্রাণ লয়, কভু শিরে করে ॥ ২৯১ ॥
govardhana-śilā prabhu hṛdaye-netre dhare
kabhu nāsāya ghrāṇa laya, kabhu śire kare
The Lord would put the stone to His heart or sometimes to His eyes. Sometimes He would smell it with His nose and sometimes place it on His head.
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The Lord would hold the stone to His heart or touch it to His eyes.
Sometimes He would smell the stone or place it on His head.
These actions express His loving regard for the stone, which He identified as directly the body of Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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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