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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.17
স্বহস্তে করেন তার অভ্যঙ্গ-মর্দন ।
স্বহস্তে করান স্নান, গাত্র সংমার্জন ॥ ১৭ ॥
sva-haste karena tāra abhyaṅga-mardana
sva-haste karāna snāna, gātra sammārjana
With his own hand, Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya massaged their bodies with oil and bathed them with water. Indeed, Rāmānanda Rāya cleansed their entire bodies with his own hand.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya personally massaged the girls’ bodies with oil and bathed them with water.
He cleansed their entire bodies with his own hand, giving personal attention to their care.
The surrounding verses explain his inner position: he considered himself a maidservant of the gopīs and served the girls in that spirit.
Humility and discernment. The Lord directs a seeker to Rāmānanda and clarifies genuine spiritual qualification.
The mood of Antya 5 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:
The Lord, however, sent him to Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya. Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya was training the deva-dāsī dancing girls in the temple, and when Pradyumna Miśra heard about this, he returned to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 5
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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: “cleansed”, “served”
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.
How can attention to small details express a willingness to serve?
Complete one small task of care for someone today with personal attention.
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