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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  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 12.206Madhya 12.208

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.207

আগে কাশীশ্বর যায় লোক নিবারিয়া ।

পাছে গোবিন্দ যায় জল-করঙ্গ লঞা ॥ ২০৭ ॥

āge kāśīśvara yāya loka nivāriyā

pāche govinda yāya jala-karaṅga lañā

Translation

When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to visit the temple, Kāśīśvara walked in front, checking the crowds of people, and Govinda walked in the rear, bringing the sannyāsī’s pitcher filled with water.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Attending the Lord With Practical Service

  1. 1

    Kāśīśvara walked in front of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, checking the crowds as He went to the temple.

  2. 2

    Govinda walked behind Him, carrying the sannyāsī’s pitcher filled with water.

  3. 3

    The karaṅga is a kind of waterpot especially carried by Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and generally carried by other sannyāsīs.

Key points from the purport
  • The karaṅga is a kind of waterpot especially carried by Māyāvādī sannyāsīs and generally carried by all other sannyāsīs.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

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:

While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the temple of Guṇḍicā, a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava washed the lotus feet of the Lord and drank the water. This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āgein front
  2. kāśīśvaraKāśīśvara
  3. yāyagoes
  4. lokathe crowd
  5. nivāriyāchecking
  6. pācheat the end
  7. govindaGovinda
  8. yāyagoes
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do you notice about the practical services performed by Kāśīśvara and Govinda?

Practice

Offer someone drinking water today as a small act of practical service.

Live this todayAttending the Lord With Practical ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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