Antya-līlāChapter 6: The Meeting of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvāmī

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 6.241

punaḥ samarpilā tāńre svarūpera sthāne

'antarańga-sevā' kare svarūpera sane

SYNONYMS

punaḥ — again; samarpilā — handed over; tāńre — him; svarūpera sthāneto Svarūpa Dāmodara; antarańga-sevā — very confidential service; karehe renders; svarūpera sane — with Svarūpa Dāmodara.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu again entrusted him to Svarūpa Dāmodara. Thus Raghunātha dāsa rendered very confidential service with Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī.

PURPORT

Antarańga-sevā refers to service performed in one's spiritual body. Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī was formerly Lalitādevī. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, who was among his assistants, now also began to serve Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa within his mind.

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