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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.231
দ্বারে তুলসী লেপা-পিণ্ডির উপর ।
গোঁফার শোভা দেখি’ লোকের জুড়ায় অন্তর ॥ ২৩১ ॥
dvāre tulasī lepā-piṇḍira upara
goṅphāra śobhā dekhi’ lokera juḍāya antara
Thus everyone who saw the beauty of the cave, with the tulasī plant on a clean altar, was astonished and satisfied at heart.
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The cave was beautiful, with a tulasī plant on a clean altar.
Everyone who saw this beauty was astonished.
Those who saw it were also satisfied at heart.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
Because of this offense, Gopāla Cakravartī was punished by being afflicted with leprosy. Haridāsa Ṭhākura later left Cāndapura and went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where he was tested by Māyādevī, the personification of the external energy.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the clean altar in this scene invite me to notice about caring for a devotional space?
Clean one small area where you read or chant today.
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