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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.117
জগন্নাথে দেহ’ লঞা দীপ যেন জ্বলে ।
তোমার সকল শ্রম হইবে সফলে ।।” ১১৭ ।। ॥ ১১৭ ॥
jagannāthe deha’ lañā dīpa yena jvale
tomāra sakala śrama ha-ibe saphale”
“Deliver the oil to the temple of Jagannātha so that it may be burned in the lamps. Thus your labor in preparing the oil will be fruitful.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked that the oil be delivered to the temple of Jagannātha.
The oil could be burned in the temple lamps instead of being used on His head.
He explained that this use would make Jagadānanda’s labor in preparing the oil fruitful.
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:
This year he returned to Purī with a big pot of floral-scented sandalwood oil to massage the Lord’s head. The Lord, however, would not accept the oil, and because of His refusal, Jagadānanda Paṇḍita broke the pot in front of Him and began to fast.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
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In this verse: “deliver”, “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
If my intended offering cannot be accepted, could it serve in another way?
Identify one item you prepared or set aside and consider a suitable way to offer it for temple service.
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