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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.204
আর দিনে জগন্নাথের ‘নেত্রোৎসব’ নাম ।
মহোত্সব হৈল ভক্তের প্রাণ-সমান ॥ ২০৪ ॥
āra dine jagannāthera ‘netrotsava’ nāma
mahotsava haila bhaktera prāṇa-samāna
The next day marked the performance of the festival of Netrotsava. This great festival was the life and soul of the devotees.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After Lord Jagannātha’s bathing ceremony, His body needs repainting during the fortnight before Ratha-yātrā. This is called aṅga-rāga.
The Netrotsava festival is performed gorgeously in the early morning of the Nava-yauvana day.
This great festival constitutes the life and soul of the devotees.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does describing Netrotsava as the devotees’ “life and soul” tell you about its importance to them?
Write one sentence explaining what makes Netrotsava so important to the devotees.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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