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  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 12.184Madhya 12.186

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.185

প্রভু কহে, — পূর্বে সিদ্ধ কৃষ্ণে তোমার প্রীতি ।

তোমা-সঙ্গে আমা-সবার হৈল কৃষ্ণে মতি ॥ ১৮৫ ॥

prabhu kahe, — pūrve siddha kṛṣṇe tomāra prīti

tomā-saṅge āmā-sabāra haila kṛṣṇe mati

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “From your previous birth you have been in Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Thus you love Kṛṣṇa so much that simply by your association we are all developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.”

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Love for Kṛṣṇa Nourishes Others

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu told Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya that he had been in Kṛṣṇa consciousness from his previous birth.

  2. 2

    He praised Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s great love for Kṛṣṇa.

  3. 3

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that simply through Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya’s association, they were all developing Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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:

This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love. Then the son of Advaita Prabhu named Gopāla fainted during kīrtana, and when he did not come to his senses, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu favored him by awakening him.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kahethe Lord said
  2. pūrvepreviously
  3. siddhaperfected
  4. kṛṣṇein Kṛṣṇa consciousness
  5. tomārayour
  6. prītilove for Kṛṣṇa
  7. tomā-saṅgeby your association
  8. āmā-sabāraof all of us
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “love”, “love for krsna”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “association”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Whose love for Kṛṣṇa encourages my own Kṛṣṇa consciousness?

Practice

Tell a devotee one specific way their association has encouraged your love for Kṛṣṇa.

Live this todayLove for Kṛṣṇa Nourishes OthersThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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