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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 6.76

রাঘবে বসাঞা দুই কুণ্ডী দেওয়াইলা ।

রাঘব দ্বিবিধ চিড়া তাতে ভিজাইলা ॥ ৭৬ ॥

rāghave vasāñā dui kuṇḍī deoyāilā

rāghava dvividha ciḍā tāte bhijāilā

Translation

Lord Nityānanda made Rāghava Paṇḍita sit down and had two pots delivered to him also. There were two kinds of chipped rice soaked in them.

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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.

Welcoming Someone into the Shared Meal

  1. 1

    Lord Nityānanda made Rāghava Paṇḍita sit down.

  2. 2

    He had two pots delivered to Rāghava Paṇḍita also, including him in the meal.

  3. 3

    The pots contained two kinds of soaked chipped rice.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. rāghaveRāghava Paṇḍita
  2. vasāñāmaking sit down
  3. duitwo
  4. kuṇḍīearthen pots
  5. deoyāilāarranged to be delivered to him
  6. rāghavaRāghava Paṇḍita
  7. dvi-vidhatwo kinds
  8. ciḍāchipped rice
  9. tātein them
  10. bhijāilāsoaked
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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: “delivered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Who might need a personal invitation to join rather than remain on the sidelines?

Practice

Invite someone to sit with you and make sure they receive something to eat.

Live this todayWelcoming Someone into the Shared MealThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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