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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.69
তীরে স্থান না পাঞা আর কত জন ।
জলে নামি’ দধি-চিড়া করয়ে ভক্ষণ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
tīre sthāna nā pāñā āra kata jana
jale nāmi’ dadhi-ciḍā karaye bhakṣaṇa
Others, who could not get a place even on the bank of the Ganges, got down into the water and began eating their two kinds of chipped rice.
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Some people could not find a place even on the bank of the Ganges.
They got down into the water because the available seating places were filled.
There they began eating their two kinds of chipped rice.
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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