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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 6.31

উজিরে কহিয়া রঘুনাথে ছাড়াইল ।

প্রীতি করি’ রঘুনাথে কহিতে লাগিল ॥ ৩১ ॥

ujire kahiyā raghunāthe chāḍāila

prīti kari’ raghunāthe kahite lāgila

Translation

After informing the minister, the caudhurī released Raghunātha dāsa and then began to speak to him with great affection.

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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.

Follow Through with Help and Affection

  1. 1

    The caudhurī informs the minister before releasing Raghunātha dāsa. The release follows this communication.

  2. 2

    He carries out his promise and releases Raghunātha dāsa. His earlier words are followed by action.

  3. 3

    Afterward, he speaks to Raghunātha dāsa with great affection. His kindness appears in both his actions and his speech.

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:

In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ujireunto the minister
  2. kahiyāspeaking
  3. raghunāthe chāḍāilareleased Raghunātha dāsa
  4. prīti kari’with great affection
  5. raghunātheunto Raghunātha dāsa
  6. kahite lāgilabegan to say
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do your actions and words both show care for those you have promised to help?

Practice

Complete one small promise you have made to someone, and speak to them kindly.

Live this todayFollow Through with Help and AffectionThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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