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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.81Antya 6.83

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.82

কি করিয়া বেড়ায়, — ইহা কেহ নাহি জানে ।

মহাপ্রভুর দর্শন পায় কোন ভাগ্যবানে ॥ ৮২ ॥

ki kariyā beḍāya, — ihā keha nāhi jāne

mahāprabhura darśana pāya kona bhāgyavāne

Translation

No one could understand what Nityānanda Prabhu was doing as He walked about. Some, however, who were very fortunate, could see that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also present.

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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.

The Good Fortune of Seeing

  1. 1

    No one could understand what Nityānanda Prabhu was doing as He walked about.

  2. 2

    Some very fortunate people could see that Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was also present.

  3. 3

    The people at the gathering did not all perceive His presence.

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:

The day after the festival, Nityānanda Prabhu gave Raghunātha dāsa the blessing that he would very soon attain the shelter of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. 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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ki kariyādoing what
  2. beḍāyawalks through
  3. ihāthis
  4. keha nāhi jāneno one could understand
  5. mahāprabhura darśana pāyasee Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  6. kona bhāgyavānesome fortunate men
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does this verse invite you to be humble about what you can understand?

Practice

Pause over the words “very fortunate” and reflect on the gift of seeing Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu present.

Live this todayThe Good Fortune of SeeingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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