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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 6.299

এক-বিতস্তি দুইবস্ত্র, পিঁড়া একখানি ।

স্বরূপ দিলেন কুঁজা আনিবারে পানি ॥ ২৯৯ ॥

eka-vitasti dui-vastra, piṅḍā eka-khāni

svarūpa dilena kuṅjā ānibāre pāni

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara gave Raghunātha dāsa two cloths, each about six inches long, a wooden platform and a jug in which to keep water.

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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.

Practical Help Supports Worship

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara gave Raghunātha dāsa two cloths, each about six inches long.

  2. 2

    He also supplied a wooden platform and a jug for keeping water.

  3. 3

    These simple items supported Raghunātha dāsa’s worship of the govardhana-śilā.

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:

This renounced life greatly pleased both Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took by force some of the same food, thus blessing Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī for his renunciation.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eka-vitastiabout six inches long
  2. dui-vastratwo cloths
  3. piṅḍā eka-khānione wooden platform
  4. svarūpa dilenaSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī delivered
  5. kuṅjāa jug
  6. ānibāre pānifor bringing water
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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

What small practical help could you give to support someone’s worship?

Practice

Clean or arrange one item used in worship today.

Live this todayPractical Help Supports WorshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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