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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.295
এই শিলার কর তুমি সাত্ত্বিক পূজন ।
অচিরাৎ পাবে তুমি কৃষ্ণপ্রেমধন ॥ ২৯৫ ॥
ei śilāra kara tumi sāttvika pūjana
acirāt pābe tumi kṛṣṇa-prema-dhana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu continued, “Worship this stone in the mode of goodness like a perfect brāhmaṇa, for by such worship you will surely attain ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa without delay.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed Raghunātha dāsa to worship the stone in the mode of goodness.
He asked him to worship like a perfect brāhmaṇa.
The Lord assured him that such worship would bring ecstatic love of Kṛṣṇa without delay.
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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love of krsna”, “ecstatic love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the promised goal of love of Kṛṣṇa deepen your understanding of worship?
Before a devotional activity today, pause to remember that its goal is love of Kṛṣṇa.
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