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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.320
স্বরূপ কহে, — “ঐছে অমৃত খাও নিতি-নিতি ।
আমা-সবায় নাহি দেহ’, — কি তোমার প্রকৃতি ?” ৩২০ ।। ॥ ৩২০ ॥
svarūpa kahe, — “aiche amṛta khāo niti-niti
āmā-sabāya nāhi deha’, — ki tomāra prakṛti?”
Svarūpa Dāmodara said, “You eat such nectar every day, but you never offer it to us. What is your character?”
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Svarūpa Dāmodara described Raghunātha dāsa’s food as “nectar.”
He remarked that Raghunātha ate it every day but never offered it to them.
Following his smile and his tasting of the food, the question “What is your character?” reads as affectionate teasing.
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:
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.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.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the word “nectar” change my understanding of Svarūpa Dāmodara’s response?
Read his words aloud gently, keeping his earlier smile in mind.
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