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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.167
কারুণ্যামৃত-ধারায় স্নান প্রথম ।
তারুণ্যামৃত-ধারায় স্নান মধ্যম ॥ ১৬৭ ॥
kāruṇyāmṛta-dhārāya snāna prathama
tāruṇyāmṛta-dhārāya snāna madhyama
“Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī takes Her first bath in the shower of the nectar of compassion, and She takes Her second bath in the nectar of youth.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī first smears Her body with the paste of Kṛṣṇa’s affection.
Her first bath is in the water of mercy. After passing the paugaṇḍa age, from five to ten years, She first appears as mercy.
Her second bath, taken at noon, is in tāruṇyāmṛta, the nectar of youth. This expresses Her new youthfulness.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Deepening intimacy and revelation. Their exchange ascends from duty to pure love and the confidential moods of Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 8 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:
This conjugal love attains its highest perfection in Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī’s love for Kṛṣṇa. He next described the position of Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī and the transcendental mellows of love of God.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 8
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Rādhā-bhāva · The confidential inner purpose
The Lord’s desire to taste the love and perspective of Śrī Rādhā, illuminated by later ecstatic pastimes. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “rādhārāṇī”
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: “mercy”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about compassion being described as Rādhārāṇī’s first bath?
Write down the two nectars of Her baths—compassion and youth—and slowly reread the translation.
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