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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.220
প্রাতঃকালে রথযাত্রা হবেক জানিয়া ।
সেবক লাগায় ভোগ দ্বিগুণ করিয়া ॥ ২২০ ॥
prātaḥ-kāle ratha-yātrā habeka jāniyā
sevaka lāgāya bhoga dviguṇa kariyā
Knowing that the car festival would take place in the morning, all the servants of Lord Jagannātha were doubling their offerings of food.
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The car festival would take place the next morning.
All the servants of Lord Jagannātha knew that the festival was approaching.
In preparation, they were doubling their offerings of food.
Purification through joyful service. Collective cleansing becomes a visible devotional act before Ratha-yātrā.
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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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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: “servants”
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