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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.107
শত শত জন জল ভরে সরোবরে ।
ঘাটে স্থান নাহি, কেহ কূপে জল ভরে ॥ ১০৭ ॥
śata śata jana jala bhare sarovare
ghāṭe sthāna nāhi, keha kūpe jala bhare
Since hundreds of men were engaged in bringing water from the lake, there was no place to stand on the banks. Consequently someone began to draw water from a well.
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Hundreds of men were bringing water from the lake.
The banks became so crowded that there was no place to stand.
Someone therefore began drawing water from a well.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When one way of helping becomes crowded or difficult, what other way could you find?
In a shared task today, find one useful alternative if the usual way is blocked.
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