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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.309
অনন্ত গুণ রঘুনাথের কে করিবে লেখা ? রঘুনাথের নিয়ম, — যেন পাষাণের রেখা ॥ ৩০৯ ॥
ananta guṇa raghunāthera ke karibe lekhā?
raghunāthera niyama, — yena pāṣāṇera rekhā
Who could list the unlimited transcendental attributes of Raghunātha dāsa? His strict regulative principles were exactly like lines on a stone.
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Raghunātha dāsa’s transcendental attributes were unlimited.
The words pāṣāṇera rekhā compare his strict observance of regulative principles to lines on a stone.
Just as those lines cannot be erased, his observance of the regulative principles could not be changed under any circumstances.
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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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