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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 8.55
প্রভু স্নান-কৃত্য করি’ আছেন বসিয়া ।
একভৃত্য-সঙ্গে রায় মিলিলা আসিয়া ॥ ৫৫ ॥
prabhu snāna-kṛtya kari’ āchena vasiyā
eka-bhṛtya-saṅge rāya mililā āsiyā
After finishing His evening bath, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down and waited for Rāmānanda Rāya to come. Then Rāmānanda Rāya, accompanied by one servant, came to meet Him.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After His evening bath, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat waiting for Rāmānanda Rāya, who arrived with one servant.
An advanced Vaiṣṇava, whether a householder or a sannyāsī, must bathe three times daily: morning, noon and evening.
Those serving the Deity must especially follow the Padma Purāṇa’s principles of regular bathing. After bathing, one should decorate the body with the twelve tilakas.
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:
In the evening, Śrīla Rāmānanda Rāya used to come to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Rāmānanda Rāya, who was clothed in ordinary dress, offered the Lord respectful obeisances.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.
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: “servant”, “serving”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I attend to the cleanliness required in devotional service?
Take an evening bath today, remembering the importance of cleanliness in devotional life.
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