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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 12.37
পেটাঙ্গি-গায় করে দণ্ডবৎ-নমস্কার ।
গোবিন্দ কহে, — ‘শ্রীকান্ত, আগে পেটাঙ্গি উতার’ ॥ ৩৭ ॥
peṭāṅgi-gāya kare daṇḍavat-namaskāra
govinda kahe, — ‘śrīkānta, āge peṭāṅgi utāra’
When Śrīkānta offered obeisances to the Lord, he was still wearing his shirt and coat. Therefore Govinda told him, “My dear Śrīkānta, first take off these garments.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīkānta offered obeisances to the Lord while still wearing his shirt and coat.
Govinda asked him to take off those garments first.
The purport states that one is forbidden to enter the Deity room or offer anything to the Deity while wearing a shirt or coat.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Śivānanda Sena felt highly favored to have been kicked by Nityānanda Prabhu, but his nephew Śrīkānta Sena became upset and therefore left their company. He met Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu at Jagannātha Purī before the rest of the party arrived.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Govinda’s instruction teach me about attention to devotional etiquette?
Write down the dress instruction stated in this purport as a reminder of the etiquette it teaches.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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