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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 11.183
সমুদ্রস্নান করি’ কর চূড়া দরশন ।
তবে আজি ইহঁ আসি’ করিবে ভোজন ॥ ১৮৩ ॥
samudra-snāna kari’ kara cūḍā daraśana
tabe āji ihaṅ āsi’ karibe bhojana
“Go to the sea and bathe and look at the top of the temple. After so doing, please come back here and take your lunch.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees were asked to go to the sea and bathe.
They were also asked to look at the top of the temple.
After doing these things, they were invited to return and take lunch.
Communal anticipation. Arriving devotees, kīrtana, and longing to meet the Lord converge.
The mood of Madhya 11 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:
Haridāsa Ṭhākura also came, and due to his humble and submissive attitude, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him a nice solitary place near the temple. After this, the Lord began performing saṅkīrtana, dividing all the devotees into four groups.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 11
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do you notice about the care expressed in these instructions?
Before lunch today, reread these instructions and recall their order.
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