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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.108
পূর্ণ কুম্ভ লঞা আইসে শত ভক্তগণ ।
শূন্য ঘট লঞা যায় আর শত জন ॥ ১০৮ ॥
pūrṇa kumbha lañā āise śata bhakta-gaṇa
śūnya ghaṭa lañā yāya āra śata jana
Hundreds of devotees brought water in the pots, and hundreds took the empty pots away to fill them up again.
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Hundreds of devotees brought water in pots.
Hundreds of others carried the empty pots away.
The empty pots were taken back to be filled again.
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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How can returning or refilling supplies support the work others are doing?
Help with a shared task by refilling or returning one needed item.
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