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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.70
ভদ্র করাঞা তাঁরে গঙ্গাস্নান করাইল ।
শেখর আনিয়া তাঁরে নূতন বস্ত্র দিল ॥ ৭০ ॥
bhadra karāñā tāṅre gaṅgā-snāna karāila
śekhara āniyā tāṅre nūtana vastra dila
Candraśekhara then made Sanātana Gosvāmī look like a gentleman. He took him to bathe in the Ganges, and afterwards he brought him a new set of clothes.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Candraśekhara made Sanātana Gosvāmī look like a gentleman. He took him to bathe in the Ganges and afterwards brought him new clothes.
The purport highlights the words bhadra karāñā. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu disliked Sanātana Gosvāmī’s long hair, mustache and beard, and asked that he be shaved clean.
Śrīla Prabhupāda states that anyone with long hair or a beard who wishes to join the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement and live with its members must similarly shave clean. The followers of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu consider long hair objectionable.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
He then crossed the Ganges and fled. One of his servants, Īśāna, followed him, carrying eight gold coins.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “followers”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing would you be to follow the appearance standards described here when living in this devotional community?
Write down the grooming standard the purport gives for those joining and living with the movement.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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