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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.297
দুইদিকে দুইপত্র মধ্যে কোমল মঞ্জরী ।
এইমত অষ্টমঞ্জরী দিবে শ্রদ্ধা করি’ ।।” ২৯৭ ।। ॥ ২৯৭ ॥
dui-dike dui-patra madhye komala mañjarī
ei-mata aṣṭa-mañjarī dibe śraddhā kari’ ”
“With faith and love, you should offer eight soft tulasī flowers, each with two tulasī leaves, one on each side of each flower.”
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The Lord instructed Raghunātha dāsa to make the offering with faith and love.
He specified eight soft tulasī flowers.
Each flower was to have two tulasī leaves, one on each side.
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:
Thereafter, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī used to eat rejected food that he had collected and washed. This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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