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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.104
নিজ-বস্ত্রে কৈল প্রভু গৃহ সংমার্জন ।
মহাপ্রভু নিজ-বস্ত্রে মাজিল সিংহাসন ॥ ১০৪ ॥
nija-vastre kaila prabhu gṛha sammārjana
mahāprabhu nija-vastre mājila siṁhāsana
The Lord mopped the rooms with His own clothes, and He polished the throne with them also.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord mopped the rooms.
He used His own clothes for this work.
He also polished the throne with those clothes.
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
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes me about the Lord using His own clothes to clean?
Use a suitable cloth to carefully wipe and polish one surface today.
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