Antya-līlā | Chapter 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 sthāne — to Svarūpa Dāmodara; antarańga-sevā — very confidential service; kare — he 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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