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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.36
তবে নিত্যানন্দ-গোসাঞি গোবিন্দের পাশ ।
মাগিয়া লইল প্রভুর এক বহির্বাস ॥ ৩৬ ॥
tabe nityānanda-gosāñi govindera pāśa
māgiyā la-ila prabhura eka bahirvāsa
Lord Nityānanda Prabhu then obtained an external garment used by the Lord by requesting it from Govinda.
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Nityānanda Prabhu requested an external garment from Govinda.
The garment had been used by the Lord.
Through this request, Nityānanda Prabhu obtained the garment.
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:
At that time Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu devised a plan, and He sent a piece of the Lord’s outward garment to the King. The next day, when Rāmānanda Rāya again entreated Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to see the King, the Lord, denying the request, asked Rāmānanda Rāya to bring the King’s son before Him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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