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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.297Antya 6.299

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.298

শ্রীহস্তে শিলা দিয়া এই আজ্ঞা দিলা ।

আনন্দে রঘুনাথ সেবা করিতে লাগিলা ॥ ২৯৮ ॥

śrī-haste śilā diyā ei ājñā dilā

ānande raghunātha sevā karite lāgilā

Translation

After thus advising him how to worship, Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally offered Raghunātha dāsa the govardhana-śilā with His transcendental hand. As advised by the Lord, Raghunātha dāsa worshiped the śilā in great transcendental jubilation.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Following the Lord’s Guidance with Joy

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first advised Raghunātha dāsa how to worship the govardhana-śilā.

  2. 2

    The Lord personally gave him the śilā with His transcendental hand.

  3. 3

    Raghunātha dāsa followed the Lord’s instructions and worshiped in great transcendental jubilation.

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. śrī-hasteby His own transcendental hand
  2. śilāthe stone from Govardhana Hill
  3. diyādelivering
  4. ei ājñāthis order
  5. dilāHe gave
  6. ānandein great happiness
  7. raghunāthaRaghunātha dāsa
  8. sevā karite lāgilābegan to worship
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”

  • 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-śilā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can Raghunātha dāsa’s joyful response inspire your approach to devotional guidance?

Practice

Recall one instruction for worship you have received, and carefully follow it today.

Live this todayFollowing the Lord’s Guidance with JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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