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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.19
কাষ্ঠ-পাষাণ-স্পর্শে হয় যৈছে ভাব ।
তরুণী-স্পর্শে রামানন্দের তৈছে ‘স্বভাব’ ॥ ১৯ ॥
kāṣṭha-pāṣāṇa-sparśe haya yaiche bhāva
taruṇī-sparśe rāmānandera taiche ‘svabhāva’
While touching the young girls, he was like a person touching wood or stone, for his body and mind were unaffected.
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While touching the young girls, Rāmānanda Rāya was like a person touching wood or stone.
The comparison explains that both his body and his mind remained unaffected.
The neighbouring verse explains this condition through his inner position as a maidservant of the gopīs.
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:
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. The Lord, however, elaborately described the character of Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya.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.
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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How does the explanation of his inner position help you understand this comparison?
Read this verse alongside the next one, noting the connection between his unaffected state and his spirit of service.
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