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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī
Antya 6.8Antya 6.10

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 6.9

সুবল যৈছে পূর্বে কৃষ্ণসুখের সহায় ।

গৌরসুখদান-হেতু তৈছে রাম-রায় ॥ ৯ ॥

subala yaiche pūrve kṛṣṇa-sukhera sahāya

gaura-sukha-dāna-hetu taiche rāma-rāya

Translation

Previously, when Lord Kṛṣṇa was personally present, Subala, one of His cowherd boyfriends, gave Him happiness when He felt separation from Rādhārāṇī. Similarly, Rāmānanda Rāya helped give happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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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.

Giving Happiness Through Devoted Companionship

  1. 1

    When Lord Kṛṣṇa was personally present, His cowherd boyfriend Subala gave Him happiness in separation from Rādhārāṇī.

  2. 2

    Similarly, Rāmānanda Rāya helped give happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  3. 3

    The verse compares their loving service: each gave happiness to the Lord during separation.

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:

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went into transcendental fits of ecstatic love, Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī attended to Him and satisfied Him as He desired. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī had been attempting to come to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for a long time, and finally he left his home and met the Lord.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. subalaSubala, one of the cowherd boyfriends of Kṛṣṇa
  2. yaichejust as
  3. pūrvepreviously
  4. kṛṣṇa-sukherato give happiness to Kṛṣṇa
  5. sahāyahelper
  6. gaura-sukha-dāna-hetufor giving happiness to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  7. taichesimilarly
  8. rāma-rāyaRāmānanda Rāya
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose

    The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”

  • Vipralambha · Love in separation

    Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “separation”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “cowherd”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What can I appreciate about service that seeks to give the Lord happiness?

Practice

Reread the verse and name the shared purpose of Subala’s and Rāmānanda Rāya’s service.

Live this todayGiving Happiness Through Devoted CompanionshipThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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