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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.244
দেখি’ তাঁর পিতা-মাতা বড় সুখ পাইল ।
তাঁহার আবরণ কিছু শিথিল হইল ॥ ২৪৪ ॥
dekhi’ tāṅra pitā-mātā baḍa sukha pāila
tāṅhāra āvaraṇa kichu śithila ha-ila
When Raghunātha dāsa’s father and mother saw that their son was acting like a householder, they became very happy. Because of this, they slackened their guard.
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Raghunātha dāsa’s parents were very happy to see him responsibly attending to household duties.
Eleven people had been guarding him: five watchmen, four personal servants and two brāhmaṇas. Their vigilance became less strict.
When he actually took up his household affairs, his parents reduced the number of guards.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might responsible attention to your duties reassure your family?
Attend carefully to one household responsibility today without waiting to be reminded.
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