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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.50
“নিকটে না আইস, চোরা, ভাগ’ দূরে দূরে ।
আজি লাগ্ পাঞাছি, দণ্ডিমু তোমারে ॥ ৫০ ॥
“nikaṭe nā āisa, corā, bhāga’ dūre dūre
āji lāg pāñāchi, daṇḍimu tomāre
“You are just like a thief, for instead of coming near, you stay away at a distant place. Now that I have captured you, I shall punish you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda playfully called Raghunātha dāsa a thief because he stayed far away instead of coming near.
He said that He had now captured Raghunātha dāsa and would punish him.
In the next verse, this punishment takes the form of arranging a festival and feeding His associates.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After this incident, Raghunātha dāsa, with the help of his priest, whose name was Yadunandana Ācārya, got out of his house by trickery and thus ran away. Not touching the general path, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī secretly went to Jagannātha Purī.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.
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “associates”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do you sometimes hold back when an opportunity to serve is near?
Take one small step toward a service you have been hesitant to begin.
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