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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 6.55

আর গ্রামান্তর হৈতে সামগ্রী আনিল ।

শত দুই-চারি হোল্না তাঁহা আনাইল ॥ ৫৫ ॥

āra grāmāntara haite sāmagrī ānila

śata dui-cāri holnā tāṅhā ānāila

Translation

Seeing the crowd increasing, Raghunātha dāsa arranged to get more eatables from other villages. He also brought two to four hundred large, round earthen pots.

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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.

Adjusting Service as Needs Grow

  1. 1

    Raghunātha dāsa noticed that the crowd was increasing.

  2. 2

    He arranged to obtain more eatables from other villages.

  3. 3

    He also brought two to four hundred large, round earthen pots for the festival.

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:

In the meantime, however, a Muslim official became envious of Hiraṇya dāsa, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī’s uncle, and induced some big official court minister to have him arrested. Thus Hiraṇya dāsa left his home, but by the intelligence of Raghunātha dāsa the misunderstanding was mitigated.
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. āraalso
  2. grāma-antara haitefrom other villages
  3. sāmagrīarticles
  4. ānilabrought
  5. śatahundred
  6. dui-cāritwo to four
  7. holnāround earthen pots
  8. tāṅhāthere
  9. ānāilacaused to be brought
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you notice and respond when the needs of those you serve increase?

Practice

Check one service arrangement today and supply something extra if it is needed.

Live this todayAdjusting Service as Needs GrowThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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