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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.300
এইমত রঘুনাথ করেন পূজন ।
পূজা-কালে দেখে শিলায় ‘ব্রজেন্দ্রনন্দন’ ॥ ৩০০ ॥
ei-mata raghunātha karena pūjana
pūjā-kāle dekhe śilāya ‘vrajendra-nandana’
Thus Raghunātha dāsa began worshiping the stone from Govardhana, and as he worshiped he saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, directly in the stone.
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Raghunātha dāsa began worshiping the stone from Govardhana.
As he worshiped, he saw the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Kṛṣṇa, directly in the stone.
The translation identifies this Kṛṣṇa as the son of Nanda Mahārāja.
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.
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”, “nanda”
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How does Raghunātha dāsa’s vision deepen your understanding of his worship?
Reread this verse slowly, reflecting on Raghunātha dāsa seeing Kṛṣṇa directly in the govardhana-śilā.
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