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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.101
তিন সন্ধ্যা রাধাকুণ্ডে অপতিত স্নান ।
ব্রজবাসী বৈষ্ণবে করে আলিঙ্গন মান ॥ ১০১ ॥
tina sandhyā rādhā-kuṇḍe apatita snāna
vraja-vāsī vaiṣṇave kare āliṅgana māna
Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī took three baths daily in the Rādhā-kuṇḍa lake. As soon as he found a Vaiṣṇava residing in Vṛndāvana, he would embrace him and give him all respect.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī bathed three times daily in Rādhā-kuṇḍa.
Whenever he found a Vaiṣṇava residing in Vṛndāvana, he would embrace him.
He gave these Vaiṣṇavas all respect.
Belonging and gratitude. Many devotees become branches of one living network of devotion.
The mood of Ādi 10 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:
This chapter describes the branches of the tree named Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Back to this verse in Ādi 10
Learn the words of the 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: “rādhā-kuṇḍa”
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: “vṛndāvana”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you express genuine respect when you meet a Vaiṣṇava?
Offer a warm, respectful greeting to a Vaiṣṇava today, in person or by message.
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