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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.117
তুমি ভাল করিয়াছ, শিখাহ অন্যেরে ।
এইমত ভাল কর্ম সেহো যেন করে ॥ ১১৭ ॥
tumi bhāla kariyācha, śikhāha anyere
ei-mata bhāla karma seho yena kare
The Lord would say, “You have done well. Please teach this to others so that they may act in the same way.”
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The Lord acknowledged good work by saying, “You have done well.”
He asked those who had worked well to teach others.
His purpose was that others might act in the same way.
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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