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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 4.183
এদেহ–দর্শন–স্পর্শে কৃষ্ণ–সন্তোষণ’ ।
এই লাগি’ করে দেহের মার্জন–ভূষণ ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
e-deha-darśana-sparśe kṛṣṇa-santoṣaṇa’
ei lāgi’ kare dehera mārjana-bhūsaṇa
“Kṛṣṇa finds joy in seeing and touching this body.” It is for this reason that they cleanse and decorate their bodies.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The gopīs think that Kṛṣṇa finds joy in seeing their bodies.
They also understand that touching their bodies brings Him joy.
For this reason, they cleanse and decorate their bodies.
Profound longing. Kṛṣṇa desires to taste Rādhā’s love, His own sweetness as She sees it, and Her joy.
The mood of Ādi 4 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:
Lord Caitanya appeared in order to fulfill these confidential desires, and also to preach the special significance of chanting Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare and to answer the call of Advaita Prabhu. These were secondary reasons.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 4
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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: “cleanse”
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: “gopīs”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the purpose behind the gopīs’ care for their bodies?
While washing today, recall that the gopīs’ bodily care was directed toward Kṛṣṇa’s joy.
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