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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.106
নির্মল, শীতল, স্নিগ্ধ করিল মন্দিরে ।
আপন-হৃদয় যেন ধরিল বাহিরে ॥ ১০৬ ॥
nirmala, śītala, snigdha karila mandire
āpana-hṛdaya yena dharila bāhire
When the temple was cleansed, it was purified, cool and pleasing, just as if the Lord’s own pure mind had appeared.
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After being cleansed, the temple was purified.
The clean temple was cool and pleasing.
It appeared as if the Lord’s own pure mind had become visible.
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
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the comparison with the Lord’s pure mind help you appreciate about the cleansed temple?
Make a place of worship clean and pleasing today, remembering this description.
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