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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.125
শিক্ষা লাগি’ স্বরূপে ডাকি’ কহিল তাঁহারে ।
এই দেখ তোমার ‘গৌড়ীয়া’র ব্যবহারে ॥ ১২৫ ॥
śikṣā lāgi’ svarūpe ḍāki’ kahila tāṅhāre
ei dekha tomāra ‘gauḍīyā’ra vyavahāre
The Lord then called for Svarūpa Dāmodara and told him, “Just see the behavior of your Bengali Vaiṣṇava!
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord called for Svarūpa Dāmodara.
He asked him to see the Bengali Vaiṣṇava’s behavior.
The Lord referred to the devotee as “your Bengali Vaiṣṇava.”
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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.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.
Am I willing to look carefully at my behavior when someone calls attention to it?
Review one action from today and consider how you would respond if it were questioned.
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