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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.7
প্ৰভুর নিকটে আছে যত ভক্তগণ ।
মোর লাগি’ তাঁ-সবারে করিহ নিবেদন ॥ ৭ ॥
prabhura nikaṭe āche yata bhakta-gaṇa
mora lāgi’ tāṅ-sabāre kariha nivedana
In this letter the King requested Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, “Please appeal to all the devotees associated with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and submit this petition to them on my behalf.
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In his letter, the King made a request to Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
He asked him to appeal to all the devotees associated with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He wanted his petition submitted to those devotees on his behalf.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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In this verse: “associated”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can you learn from the King’s willingness to ask the devotees for help?
Identify one matter in your devotional life where you could respectfully ask a devotee for help.
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