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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 6.326

আপন-উদ্ধার এই রঘুনাথদাস ।

‘গৌরাঙ্গস্তবকল্পবৃক্ষে’ করিয়াছেন প্রকাশ ॥ ৩২৬ ॥

āpana-uddhāra ei raghunātha-dāsa

‘gaurāṅga-stava-kalpa-vṛkṣe’ kariyāchena prakāśa

Translation

In his poem known as the Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa, Raghunātha dāsa has described his personal deliverance.

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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.

Raghunātha Describes His Personal Deliverance

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa wrote a poem known as the Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa.

  2. 2

    In this poem, he described his own deliverance.

  3. 3

    The following verse gives his account of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s mercy toward him.

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.
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. āpana-uddhārahis personal deliverance
  2. ei raghunātha-dāsathis Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
  3. gaurāṅga-stava-kalpa-vṛkṣein his poem known as Gaurāṅga-stava-kalpavṛkṣa
  4. kariyāchena prakāśahas described
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “deliverance”, “mercy”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might hearing Raghunātha’s own words deepen your appreciation of his deliverance?

Practice

Read the following verse slowly as Raghunātha’s personal expression of gratitude.

Live this todayRaghunātha Describes His Personal DeliveranceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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