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  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 12.22Madhya 12.24

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.23

তোমা-সবার ইচ্ছা, — এই আমারে লঞা ।

রাজাকে মিলহ ইহঁ কটকেতে গিয়া ॥ ২৩ ॥

tomā-sabāra icchā, — ei āmāre lañā

rājāke milaha ihaṅ kaṭakete giyā

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “I can understand that you all desire to take Me to Kaṭaka to see the King.”

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

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Lord’s Kindness Reaches Toward the King

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is naturally the reservoir of all kindness. His heart immediately softened when He heard the King’s statement.

  2. 2

    The Lord was ready to go to Kaṭaka to see the King. He did not even consider having the King come from Kaṭaka to Jagannātha Purī to see Him.

  3. 3

    While speaking in an externally harsh way, the Lord indicated that He would go to Kaṭaka if all the devotees desired it.

Key points from the purport
  • Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is naturally the reservoir of all kindness, and as soon as He heard the statement made by the King, His heart immediately softened.
  • Thus the Lord was ready to go see the King even at Kaṭaka.
  • It is significant that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was so kind that He was ready to go see the King at Kaṭaka.

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:

Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and the other devotees informed the Lord about the King’s desire, but Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu would not agree to see him. At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomā-sabāraof all of you
  2. icchāthe desire
  3. eiis
  4. āmāre lañātaking Me
  5. rājākethe King
  6. milahameet
  7. ihaṅhere
  8. kaṭakete giyāby going to Kaṭaka
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the Lord’s readiness to travel to the King reveal about His kindness?

Practice

Take one small step toward someone who needs your kindness today, rather than waiting for that person to approach you.

Live this todayThe Lord’s Kindness Reaches Toward the KingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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