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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 6.305

তবে অষ্ট-কৌড়ির খাজা করে সমর্পণ ।

স্বরূপ-আজ্ঞায় গোবিন্দ তাহা করে সমাধান ॥ ৩০৫ ॥

tabe aṣṭa-kauḍira khājā kare samarpaṇa

svarūpa-ājñāya govinda tāhā kare samādhāna

Translation

Raghunātha dāsa then began offering the costly sweetmeats known as khājā, which Govinda, following the order of Svarūpa Dāmodara, would supply.

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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.

Guidance Put into Devotional Action

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa then began offering the costly sweetmeats known as khājā.

  2. 2

    Govinda supplied these sweetmeats for the offerings.

  3. 3

    Govinda did so by following the order of Svarūpa Dāmodara.

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. tabethen
  2. aṣṭa-kauḍiracosting eight kauḍis
  3. khājāthe sweetmeat named khājā
  4. kare samarpaṇaoffers
  5. svarūpa-ājñāyaby the order of Svarūpa Dāmodara
  6. govindathe personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. tāhāthat
  8. kare samādhānaarranges
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you learn from the way Raghunātha dāsa and Govinda each carried out their part?

Practice

Complete one small practical task today that supports an offering or an act of worship.

Live this todayGuidance Put into Devotional ActionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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