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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.301
‘প্রভুর স্বহস্ত-দত্ত গোবর্ধন-শিলা ।
এই চিন্তি’ রঘুনাথ প্রেমে ভাসি’ গেলা ॥ ৩০১ ॥
‘prabhura svahasta-datta govardhana-śilā’
ei cinti’ raghunātha preme bhāsi’ gelā
Thinking of how he had received the govardhana-śilā directly from the hands of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Raghunātha dāsa was always overflooded with ecstatic love.
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Raghunātha dāsa remembered how he had received the govardhana-śilā.
He had received it directly from the hands of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Thinking of this personal gift, he was always overflooded with ecstatic love.
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: “ecstatic love”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches you about Raghunātha dāsa’s remembrance of receiving the Lord’s gift?
Spend a quiet minute remembering the scene of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally giving Raghunātha dāsa the śilā.
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