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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.102

কেহ লুকাঞা করে সেই জল পান ।

কেহ মাগি’ লয়, কেহ অন্যে করে দান ॥ ১০২ ॥

keha lukāñā kare sei jala pāna

keha māgi’ laya, keha anye kare dāna

Translation

The water that fell from the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was drunk by someone who hid himself. Someone else begged for that water, and another person was giving that water in charity.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Receiving and Sharing Water From His Feet

  1. 1

    Someone hid himself and drank the water that fell from the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Someone else begged for that water.

  3. 3

    Another person gave that water in charity.

How it feels

Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 12 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the temple of Guṇḍicā, a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava washed the lotus feet of the Lord and drank the water. This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. kehasomeone
  2. lukāñāconcealing himself
  3. karedoes
  4. sei jalaof that water
  5. pānadrinking
  6. kehasomeone
  7. māgi’ layabegging, takes
  8. kehaanother
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do these actions show me about how the devotees valued this water?

Practice

Reread the translation and name its three actions: drinking, begging and giving.

Live this todayReceiving and Sharing Water From His FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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