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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple
Madhya 12.127Madhya 12.129

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.128

তবে স্বরূপ গোসাঞি তার ঘাড়ে হাত দিয়া ।

ঢেকা মারি’ পুরীর বাহির রাখিলেন লঞা ॥ ১২৮ ॥

tabe svarūpa gosāñi tāra ghāḍe hāta diyā

ḍhekā māri’ purīra bāhira rākhilena lañā

Translation

At this point Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī caught the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava by the neck and, giving him a little push, ejected him from the Guṇḍicā Purī temple and made him stay outside.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Svarūpa Dāmodara Sends the Vaiṣṇava Outside

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī caught the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava by the neck.

  2. 2

    Giving him a little push, he ejected him from the Guṇḍicā Purī temple.

  3. 3

    He made the Vaiṣṇava stay outside.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Guṇḍicā Temple

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabethereafter
  2. svarūpa gosāñiSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi
  3. tāraof him
  4. ghāḍeon the neck
  5. hāta diyātouching with the hand
  6. ḍhekā māri’pushing a little
  7. purīra bāhiraout of the temple of Guṇḍicā Purī
  8. rākhilenakept
  9. lañātaking
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this firm response prompt me to consider about my own conduct in a temple?

Practice

Take a moment today to review your own temple conduct in light of this passage.

Live this todaySvarūpa Dāmodara Sends the Vaiṣṇava OutsideThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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