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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.59
পীতাম্বর, ধরে অঙ্গে রত্ন-আভরণ ।
শ্রীকৃষ্ণ-স্মরণে তেঁহ হৈলা ‘উদ্দীপন’ ॥ ৫৯ ॥
pītāmbara, dhare aṅge ratna-ābharaṇa
śrī-kṛṣṇa-smaraṇe teṅha hailā ‘uddīpana’
The prince was dressed in yellow cloth, and there were jeweled ornaments decorating his body. Therefore anyone who saw him would remember Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prince was dressed in yellow cloth.
Jeweled ornaments decorated his body.
Anyone who saw him would remember Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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:
The prince visited the Lord dressed like a Vaiṣṇava, and this awakened remembrance of Kṛṣṇa. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the son of Mahārāja Pratāparudra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description turn attention from the prince’s appearance toward Lord Kṛṣṇa?
Read the description of the yellow cloth and jeweled ornaments, then take a moment to remember Lord Kṛṣṇa.
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