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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.203
স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর প্রভু করে নানা খেলা ।
‘ধোয়াপাখলা’ নাম কৈল এই এক লীলা ॥ ২০৩ ॥
svatantra īśvara prabhu kare nānā khelā
‘dhoyā-pākhalā’ nāma kaila ei eka līlā
The fully independent Supreme Personality of Godhead performs various types of pastimes. The pastime of washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple is but one of them.
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The Supreme Personality of Godhead is fully independent.
He performs various types of pastimes.
Washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple is one of His pastimes.
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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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: “cleansing”
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How does knowing that temple cleansing is the Lord’s pastime affect the way you view it?
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