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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.176
এই মত দুইজন করে বারবার ।
বিচিত্র এই দুই ভক্তের স্নেহ-ব্যবহার ॥ ১৭৬ ॥
ei mata dui-jana kare bāra-bāra
vicitra ei dui bhaktera sneha-vyavahāra
Svarūpa Dāmodara and Jagadānanda again and again offered the Lord some food. Thus they behaved affectionately with the Lord. This was very, very uncommon.
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Svarūpa Dāmodara and Jagadānanda offered the Lord food again and again.
Through these offerings, they behaved affectionately with the Lord.
The translation describes this affectionate behavior as very, very uncommon.
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:
After all the Vaiṣṇavas finished their luncheon, Svarūpa Dāmodara and others took their prasādam within the room. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement.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: “offered”
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What makes these repeated offerings more than simply serving food?
Read the verse once more today, paying particular attention to the words “affectionately” and “very, very uncommon.”
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