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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.74
সগণে সচেলে গিয়া কৈল গঙ্গাস্নান ।
ভক্তির মহিমা তাঁহা করিল ব্যাখ্যান ॥ ৭৪ ॥
sagaṇe sacele giyā kaila gaṅgā-snāna
bhaktira mahimā tāhāṅ karila vyākhyāna
Without even removing His garments, Lord Caitanya took a bath in the Ganges with His companions. There He explained the glories of devotional service.
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Lord Caitanya took a bath in the Ganges without even removing His garments.
His companions bathed with Him.
There the Lord explained the glories of devotional service.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 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:
Finally, the chapter shows that the same son of mother Yaśodā, Lord Kṛṣṇa, tasted four transcendental mellows of devotional service in His form of Śacīnandana, the son of mother Śacī. To understand Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s ecstatic love for Him, Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa assumed the form of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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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: “service”
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How attentive am I to teachings about the glories of devotional service?
Spend a quiet minute reflecting on the Lord teaching devotional service to His companions.
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