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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.83
তবে হাসি’ নিত্যানন্দ বসিলা আসনে ।
চারি কুণ্ডী আরোয়া চিড়া রাখিলা ডাহিনে ॥ ৮৩ ॥
tabe hāsi’ nityānanda vasilā āsane
cāri kuṇḍī āroyā ciḍā rākhilā ḍāhine
Then Nityānanda Prabhu smiled and sat down. On His right side He kept four pots of chipped rice that had not been made from boiled paddy.
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Nityānanda Prabhu smiled and sat down after walking among the eaters.
He kept four pots of chipped rice on His right side.
The chipped rice had not been made from boiled paddy.
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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