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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.139
চারিদিকে ভক্ত-অঙ্গ কৈল প্রক্ষালন ।
শ্রাবণের মেঘ যেন করে বরিষণ ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
cāri-dike bhakta-aṅga kaila prakṣālana
śrāvaṇera megha yena kare variṣaṇa
In this way Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the bodies of all the devotees with the tears from His eyes. The tears poured like the rains in the month of Śrāvaṇa.
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The tears came from the eyes of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
With those tears, He washed the bodies of all the devotees.
The tears poured like the rains in the month of Śrāvaṇa.
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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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.
What does the comparison to the rains of Śrāvaṇa help you appreciate about the Lord’s tears?
Spend one quiet minute reflecting on the image of the Lord’s tears pouring like rain.
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