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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.136
নৃসিংহ মন্দির-ভিতর-বাহির শোধিল ।
ক্ষণেক বিশ্রাম করি’ নৃত্য আরম্ভিল ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
nṛsiṁha-mandira-bhitara-bāhira śodhila
kṣaṇeka viśrāma kari’ nṛtya ārambhila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu also cleansed the Nṛsiṁha temple inside and outside. Finally, He rested a few minutes and then began dancing.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu cleansed the Nṛsiṁha temple inside and outside. He then rested a few minutes and began dancing.
The Nṛsiṁha temple stands just outside the Guṇḍicā temple. A great festival is held there on Nṛsiṁha-caturdaśī.
The same festival is observed at a Nṛsiṁha temple in Navadvīpa, as Murāri Gupta describes in his book Caitanya-carita.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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: “cleansed”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I give care to both the inside and outside when I clean?
Clean both the inside and outside of one small item or space today.
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