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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.134
প্রণালিকা ছাড়ি’ যদি পানি বহাইল ।
নূতন নদী যেন সমুদ্রে মিলিল ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
praṇālikā chāḍi’ yadi pāni vahāila
nūtana nadī yena samudre milila
When the water from the different rooms was finally let out through the halls, it appeared as if new rivers were rushing out to meet the waters of the ocean.
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The water from the different rooms was finally let out.
It flowed out through the halls.
The flowing water appeared like new rivers rushing to meet the waters of the ocean.
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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What impression does the image of rushing rivers leave on me?
Read the translation slowly once today and picture the water flowing through the halls like rivers.
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