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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 12.105

শত ঘট জলে হৈল মন্দির মার্জন ।

মন্দির শোধিয়া কৈল — যেন নিজ মন ॥ ১০৫ ॥

śata ghaṭa jale haila mandira mārjana

mandira śodhiyā kaila — yena nija mana

Translation

In this way all the rooms were cleansed with a hundred waterpots. After the rooms had been cleansed, the minds of the devotees were as clean as the rooms.

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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.

Clean Rooms and Clean Minds

  1. 1

    All the rooms were cleansed with a hundred waterpots.

  2. 2

    The devotees carried out the cleansing thoroughly, leaving all the rooms clean.

  3. 3

    After the cleansing, the devotees’ minds were as clean as the rooms.

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. śataone hundred
  2. ghaṭaof waterpots
  3. jaleby the water
  4. hailabecame
  5. mandirathe temple
  6. mārjanacleansed
  7. mandirathe temple
  8. śodhiyācleansing
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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: “cleansed”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might cleaning a space help you reflect on the cleanliness of your mind?

Practice

Clean one small area today, then pause to notice the state of your mind.

Live this todayClean Rooms and Clean MindsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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