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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.51
দধি, চিড়া ভক্ষণ করাহ মোর গণে ।” শুনি’ আনন্দিত হৈল রঘুনাথ মনে ॥ ৫১ ॥
dadhi, ciḍā bhakṣaṇa karāha mora gaṇe”
śuni’ ānandita haila raghunātha mane
“Make a festival and feed all My associates yogurt and chipped rice.” Hearing this, Raghunātha dāsa was greatly pleased.
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Lord Nityānanda asked Raghunātha dāsa to make a festival.
He instructed him to feed all His associates yogurt and chipped rice.
Raghunātha dāsa was greatly pleased to hear this instruction.
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:
Then Raghunātha dāsa went to Pānihāṭi, and following the order of Nityānanda Prabhu, he observed a festival ( ciḍā-dadhi-mahotsava ) by distributing chipped rice mixed with yogurt. The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
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In this verse: “festival”
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