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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.88
নিত্যানন্দ মহাপ্রভু — কৃপালু, উদার ।
রঘুনাথের ভাগ্যে এত কৈলা অঙ্গীকার ॥ ৮৮ ॥
nityānanda mahāprabhu — kṛpālu, udāra
raghunāthera bhāgye eta kailā aṅgīkāra
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu are extremely merciful and liberal. It was Raghunātha dāsa’s good fortune that They accepted all these dealings.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu are extremely merciful.
They are also liberal, and They accepted all these dealings.
Their acceptance was Raghunātha dāsa’s good fortune.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 6
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “liberal”
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: “merciful”
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Why is Their acceptance described as Raghunātha dāsa’s good fortune?
Read the verse once more and express gratitude for the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Lord Nityānanda Prabhu.
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