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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.123
সেই জল লঞা আপনে পান কৈল ।
তাহা দেখি’ প্রভুর মনে দুঃখ রোষ হৈল ॥ ১২৩ ॥
sei jala lañā āpane pāna kaila
tāhā dekhi’ prabhura mane duḥkha roṣa haila
The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava then took that water and drank it himself. Seeing that, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt a little unhappy and was also outwardly angry.
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The Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava took the water from the Lord’s feet.
He then drank that water himself.
Seeing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt a little unhappy and was also outwardly angry.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to notice when my actions cause displeasure?
Pause today to consider how one of your actions affects the person receiving it.
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