Daily duties of Srila Raghunatha dasa Gosvami.

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Hare Krsna.PAMHO.AGTSP.

Anna-jala tyaaga kaila anya-kathana

Pala dui-tina maathaa karenabhakshanna (CC. ADI LILA.ch10 txt.98)

Ragunatha dasa Gosvami gradully gave up all food and drink but a few drops

of butter milk.(Trnsln.by HDGSP)

Sahasra danddavat kare,laya laksha naama

Dui sahasra vaishnnavere nitya prannaama (Txt.99)

As a daily duty,he regulerly offered onethousand obeisances to the

Lord,chanted atleast one hundred thousand Holy Names and offered obeisances

to two thousand vaishnnavas. (Trnsln.by HDGSP)

Raatri-dine Radha-Krsnera maanasa sevana

Prahareka Mahaaprabhura caritra-kathana (Txt.100)

Day and night he rendered service within his mind to Radha Krsna and for

three hours a day he discoursed about the charecter of Lord Caitanya Maha

Prabhu. (Trnsln by HDGSP)

Tina sandhya Radha-Kunde apatita snaana

Vraja-vasi vaishnnave kare aalingana maana (txt. 101)

Sri Raghunatha dasa Gosvami took three baths daily in the Radha-Kunda Lake.

As soon as he found a vaishnnava residing in vrndavana,he would embrace him

and give him all respect. (Trnsln by HDGSP)

Saardha sapta-prahara kare bhaktira sadhane

Caaridandda nidra,seha nahe kone-dine (Txt. 102)

He engaged himself in devotional service for more then twenty-two and a half

hours a day,and for less than two hours he slept,although and some days that

also was not possible. (Trnsln by HDGSP)

In the service of HDGSP.

YS Krsna premavati dd.

Balaram desa (Bahrain)