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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.126
ঈশ্বরমন্দিরে মোর পদ ধোয়াইল ।
সেই জল আপনি লঞা পান কৈল ॥ ১২৬ ॥
īśvara-mandire mora pada dhoyāila
sei jala āpani lañā pāna kaila
“This person from Bengal has washed My feet within the temple of the Personality of Godhead. Not only that, but he has drunk the water himself.
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The Lord said that the person from Bengal had washed His feet.
This had taken place within the temple of the Personality of Godhead.
The Lord also pointed out that the person had drunk the water himself.
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.
Do I consider the setting as well as the action when thinking about proper conduct?
Before acting in a place of worship today, pause to consider the conduct appropriate there.
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