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Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta
[Antya-līlā, Ch. 6]
ananta guṇa raghunāthera ke karibe lekhā? raghunāthera niyama, —yena pāṣāṇera rekhā
SYNONYMS
ananta guṇa —unlimited transcendental attributes;  raghunāthera —of Raghunātha dāsa;  ke —who;  karibe lekhā —can write;  raghunāthera —of Raghunātha dāsa;  niyama —the strict regulative principles;  yena —like;  pāṣāṇera rekhā —lines on a stone.
TRANSLATION
Who could list the unlimited transcendental attributes of Raghunātha dāsa? His strict regulative principles were exactly like lines on a stone.
PURPORT
The words  pāṣāṇera rekhā  are very significant. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī followed the regulative principles so strictly and rigidly that they were compared to the lines on a stone. As such lines cannot be erased at any time, so the regulative principles observed by Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī could not be changed under any circumstances.
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সাড়ে সাত প্রহর যায় কীর্তন-স্মরণে ।
আহার-নিজা চারি দণ্ড সেহ নহে কোন দিনে ॥৩১৽
sāḍe sāta prahara yāya kīrtana-smaraṇe āhāra-nidrā cāri daṇḍa seha nahe kona dine
SYNONYMS
sāḍe sāta prahara —7.5  praharas  (one  prahara  equals three hours);  yāya —is spent;  kīrtana-smaraṇe —in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mahā-mantra  and remembering the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa;  āhāra-nidrā —eating and sleeping;  cāri daṇḍa —four  daṇḍas  (one  daṇḍa  equals twenty-four minutes);  seha —that;  nahe —is not;  kona dine —some days.
TRANSLATION
Raghunātha dāsa spent more than twenty-two hours out of every twenty-four chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra and remembering the lotus feet of the Lord. He ate and slept for less than an hour and a half, and on some days that also was impossible.