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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.121
মন্দিরের চতুর্দিক্ প্রক্ষালন কৈল ।
সব অন্তঃপুর ভালমতে ধোয়াইল ॥ ১২১ ॥
mandirera catur-dik prakṣālana kaila
saba antaḥpura bhāla-mate dhoyāila
Thus all places around the temple were thoroughly washed within and without.
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All places around the temple were washed.
The washing was thorough, not partial.
The cleaning included both the inside and the outside.
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: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I clean, do I give equal attention to the inside and the outside?
Thoroughly clean one small area today, including its inside and outside surfaces.
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