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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.201
প্রভুর অবশেষ গোবিন্দ রাখিল ধরিয়া ।
সেই অন্ন হরিদাসে কিছু দিল লঞা ॥ ২০১ ॥
prabhura avaśeṣa govinda rākhila dhariyā
sei anna haridāse kichu dila lañā
Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and kept them carefully. Later, one portion of these remnants was delivered to Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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Govinda saved some remnants of food left by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He kept these remnants carefully.
Later, a portion was delivered to Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took great pleasure when He saw the Jagannātha Deity after the period of the Deity’s retirement. At that time Lord Caitanya was accompanied by all the devotees, and all of them were very pleased.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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haridāsa”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What stands out to you about Govinda’s care for these remnants?
Reread the verse today and reflect briefly on the care shown in both keeping and sharing the remnants.
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