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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.103
সুগন্ধি করিয়া তৈল গাগরী ভরিয়া ।
নীলাচলে লঞা আইলা যতন করিয়া ॥ ১০৩ ॥
sugandhi kariyā taila gāgarī bhariyā
nīlācale lañā āilā yatana kariyā
They filled a large earthen pot with the aromatic oil, and with great care Jagadānanda Paṇḍita brought it to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī.
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They filled a large earthen pot with the aromatic oil.
Jagadānanda Paṇḍita brought the pot to Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī.
He carried it with great care, showing his attention to the gift intended for the Lord.
Loving anger and reconciliation. Jagadānanda’s hurt over rejected oil is healed through personal service and prasāda.
The mood of Antya 12 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:
The year before, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita had been sent to Śacīmātā with prasādam and cloth. This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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