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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 5.38
একে দেবদাসী, আর সুন্দরী তরুণী ।
তার সব অঙ্গ-সেবা করেন আপনি ॥ ৩৮ ॥
eke deva-dāsī, āra sundarī taruṇī
tāra saba aṅga-sevā karena āpani
“The two professional dancing girls are beautiful and youthful, yet Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya personally massages their entire bodies with oil.
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The two professional dancing girls are described as beautiful and youthful.
Śrī Rāmānanda Rāya personally massages their entire bodies with oil.
The surrounding explanation emphasizes that his mind nevertheless remains unchanged. The Lord presents this as uncommon, not ordinary.
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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