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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 12.103

ঘর ধুই’ প্রণালিকায় জল ছাড়ি’ দিল ।

সেই জলে প্রাঙ্গণ সব ভরিয়া রহিল ॥ ১০৩ ॥

ghara dhui’ praṇālikāya jala chāḍi’ dila

sei jale prāṅgaṇa saba bhariyā rahila

Translation

After the room was washed, the water was let out through an outlet, and it then flowed and filled the yard outside.

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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.

Letting the Water Flow Out

  1. 1

    The room had been washed.

  2. 2

    The water was then let out through an outlet.

  3. 3

    It flowed outside and filled the yard.

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. ghara dhui’washing the room
  2. praṇālikāyaunto the outlet
  3. jalawater
  4. chāḍi’ dilalet go
  5. sei jaleby that water
  6. prāṅgaṇathe yard
  7. sabaall
  8. bhariyāfilled
  9. rahilaremained
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Key ideas in this 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: “washed”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I attend to the final steps of a cleaning task?

Practice

After washing something today, empty the used water in an appropriate place.

Live this todayLetting the Water Flow OutThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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