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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 10.155
রঘুনাথ বাল্যে কৈল প্রভুর সেবন ।
উচ্ছিষ্ট–মার্জন আর পাদ–সম্বাহন ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
raghunātha bālye kaila prabhura sevana
ucchiṣṭa-mārjana āra pāda-saṁvāhana
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at the house of Tapana Miśra, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa, who was then a boy, washed His dishes and massaged His legs.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu stayed at the house of Tapana Miśra.
Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa was then a boy, and he washed the Lord’s dishes.
He also served the Lord by massaging His legs.
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.
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: “washed”, “served”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What simple service can I offer willingly, without thinking it too small?
Wash dishes today as a small act of service.
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