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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.313
প্রাণ-রক্ষা লাগি’ যেবা করেন ভক্ষণ ।
তাহা খাঞা আপনাকে কহে নির্বেদ-বচন ॥ ৩১৩ ॥
prāṇa-rakṣā lāgi’ yebā karena bhakṣaṇa
tāhā khāñā āpanāke kahe nirveda-vacana
Whatever he ate was only to keep his body and soul together, and when he ate he would reproach himself thus.
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Whatever Raghunātha dāsa ate was only to keep his body and soul together.
His eating was for sustaining life, consistent with his refusal to gratify the tongue.
When he ate, he would reproach himself. This verse introduces that response without yet giving his words.
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:
For five days Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took prasādam at the temple, but later he would stand at the Siṁha-dvāra gate and eat only whatever he could gather by alms. Later he lived by taking alms from various chatras, or food distributing centers.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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In this verse: “together”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might viewing food as nourishment change your approach to a meal?
Before one adequate meal today, pause to recognize its purpose in sustaining your body.
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