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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.118
এ-কথা শুনিয়া সবে সঙ্কুচিত হঞা ।
ভাল-মতে-কর্ম করে সবে মন দিয়া ॥ ১১৮ ॥
e-kathā śuniyā sabe saṅkucita hañā
bhāla-mate karma kare sabe mana diyā
As soon as they heard Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu say this, everyone became ashamed. Thus the devotees began to work with great attention.
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The devotees heard Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s words.
As soon as they heard Him, everyone became ashamed.
They then began to work with great attention.
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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