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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.243
বাহ্য বৈরাগ্য, বাতুলতা সকল ছাড়িয়া ।
যথাযোগ্য কার্য করে অনাসক্ত হঞা ॥ ২৪৩ ॥
bāhya vairāgya, vātulatā sakala chāḍiyā
yathā-yogya kārya kare anāsakta hañā
After returning home, Raghunātha dāsa gave up all craziness and external pseudo renunciation and engaged in his household duties without attachment.
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After returning home, Raghunātha dāsa gave up all craziness.
He also gave up external pseudo renunciation, rather than continuing an outward show of renunciation.
He engaged in his household duties without attachment.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
Returning from Rāmakeli, He met Raghunātha dāsa and after giving him instructions sent him back home. Thereafter the Lord returned to Nīlācala and began to make plans to go to Vṛndāvana without a companion.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What would it look like to fulfill your duties without making a show of renunciation?
Complete one household duty today without seeking recognition for it.
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