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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 14.15
পঞ্চদীর্ঘঃ পঞ্চসূক্ষ্মঃ সপ্তরক্তঃ ষড়ুন্নতঃ ।
ত্ৰিহ্রস্ব–পৃথু–গম্ভীরো দ্বাত্রিংশল্লক্ষণো মহান্ ॥ ১৫ ॥
pañca-dīrghaḥ pañca-sūkṣmaḥ
sapta-raktaḥ ṣaḍ-unnataḥ
tri-hrasva-pṛthu-gambhīro
dvātriṁśal-lakṣaṇo mahān
“ ‘There are thirty-two bodily symptoms of a great personality: five of his bodily parts are large, five fine, seven reddish, six raised, three small, three broad and three grave.’
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Sāmudrika describes thirty-two bodily symptoms of a great personality. Five parts are large: the nose, arms, chin, eyes and knees; five are fine: the skin, fingertips, teeth, hair on the body and hair on the head.
Seven parts are reddish: the eyes, soles, palms, palate, nails and upper and lower lips. Six are raised: the chest, shoulders, nails, nose, waist and mouth.
Three parts are small: the neck, thighs and male organ; three are broad: the waist, forehead and chest. Three are grave: the navel, voice and existence.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Parental tenderness and play. Nimāi’s childhood alternates affection, mischief, and revelations.
The mood of Ādi 14 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:
Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura has given a summary of this chapter in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya: “In the fourteenth chapter there is a description of how Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu enjoyed His childhood pastimes — crawling, crying, eating dirt and giving intelligence to His mother, favoring a brāhmaṇa guest, riding on the shoulders of two thieves and misleading them to His own house, and, on the plea of being diseased, taking prasādam in the house of Hiraṇya and Jagadīśa on the Ekādaśī day.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 14
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How does grouping the symptoms help you understand the description of a great personality?
Write down the seven category counts—five, five, seven, six, three, three and three—and add them to confirm the total of thirty-two.
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