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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 12.220Madhya 12.222

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.221

গুণ্ডিচা-মার্জন-লীলা সংক্ষেপে কহিল ।

যাহা দেখি’ শুনি’ পাপীর কৃষ্ণভক্তি হৈল ॥ ২২১ ॥

guṇḍicā-mārjana-līlā saṅkṣepe kahila

yāhā dekhi’ śuni’ pāpīra kṛṣṇa-bhakti haila

Translation

I have briefly described the pastimes of the Lord in washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple. By seeing or hearing these pastimes, even sinful men can awaken their Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing the Lord’s Pastimes Awakens Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

  1. 1

    The author has briefly described the Lord’s pastimes of washing and cleansing the Guṇḍicā temple.

  2. 2

    Seeing or hearing these pastimes can awaken Kṛṣṇa consciousness.

  3. 3

    Even sinful people can awaken their Kṛṣṇa consciousness through these pastimes.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. guṇḍicā-mārjana-līlāthe pastimes of washing the Guṇḍicā temple
  2. saṅkṣepe kahilaI have described in brief
  3. yāhā dekhi’ śuni’by seeing and hearing which
  4. pāpīraof sinful men
  5. kṛṣṇa-bhakti hailathere was awakening of Kṛṣṇa consciousness
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What hope do you find in the statement that even sinful people can awaken Kṛṣṇa consciousness?

Practice

Spend a few minutes today reading aloud about the Lord’s washing and cleansing of the Guṇḍicā temple.

Live this todayHearing the Lord’s Pastimes Awakens Kṛṣṇa ConsciousnessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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