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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.303
এইমত কত দিন করেন পূজন ।
তবে স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি তাঁরে কহিলা বচন ॥ ৩০৩ ॥
ei-mata kata dina karena pūjana
tabe svarūpa-gosāñi tāṅre kahilā vacana
After Raghunātha dāsa had thus worshiped the govardhana-śilā for some time, Svarūpa Dāmodara one day spoke to him as follows.
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Raghunātha dāsa had been worshiping the govardhana-śilā for some time.
One day, Svarūpa Dāmodara spoke to him about that worship.
His guidance, given in the next verse, concerned offering sweetmeats with faith and 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.
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”
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: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
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Review one instruction related to your worship and consider how carefully you are following it.
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