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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 6.301Antya 6.303

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.302

জল-তুলসীর সেবায় তাঁর যত সুখোদয় ।

ষোড়শোপচার-পূজায় তত সুখ নয় ॥ ৩০২ ॥

jala-tulasīra sevāya tāṅra yata sukhodaya

ṣoḍaśopacāra-pūjāya tata sukha naya

Translation

The amount of transcendental bliss that Raghunātha dāsa enjoyed simply by offering water and tulasī is impossible to achieve even if one worships the Deity with sixteen kinds of paraphernalia.

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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.

Simple Offerings, Incomparable Spiritual Joy

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa worshiped simply by offering water and tulasī.

  2. 2

    Through these offerings, he enjoyed an extraordinary amount of transcendental bliss.

  3. 3

    The verse says that even worship with sixteen kinds of paraphernalia cannot achieve the bliss he enjoyed.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jala-tulasīra sevāyaby worshiping with water and tulasī
  2. tāṅrahis
  3. yataas much as
  4. sukha-udayarise of transcendental happiness
  5. ṣoḍaśa-upacāra-pūjāyaby worshiping with sixteen kinds of paraphernalia
  6. tataso much
  7. sukhahappiness
  8. nayais not
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Does this verse help you value simple worship without measuring it by the number of items offered?

Practice

Give careful attention to one simple act of worship today, rather than trying to make it elaborate.

Live this todaySimple Offerings, Incomparable Spiritual JoyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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