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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.158
এত বলি’ প্রভু তাঁরে কৈল আলিঙ্গন ।
নিকটে বসাঞা করে অঙ্গ সম্মার্জন ॥ ১৫৮ ॥
eta bali’ prabhu tāṅre kaila āliṅgana
nikaṭe vasāñā kare aṅga sammārjana
Saying this, the Lord embraced Murāri and had him sit down by His side. The Lord then began to cleanse his body with His own hands.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord embraces Murāri.
He has Murāri sit down by His side.
The Lord personally begins cleansing Murāri’s body with His own hands.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups. After saṅkīrtana, all the devotees left for their residential quarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
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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”, “cleansing”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What touches me most about the Lord’s personal care for Murāri?
Offer someone one small act of personal care today.
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