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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.72
প্রথমেই কাশীমিশ্রে প্রভু বোলাইল ।
পড়িছা-পাত্র, সার্বভৌমে বোলাঞা আনিল ॥ ৭২ ॥
prathamei kāśī-miśre prabhu bolāila
paḍichā-pātra, sārvabhaume bolāñā ānila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first of all called for Kāśī Miśra, then for the superintendent of the temple, then for Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu first called for Kāśī Miśra.
He next called for the superintendent of the temple.
Then He called for Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya.
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:
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the Guṇḍicā temple before the Ratha-yātrā took place. He then took His bath at Indradyumna Lake and partook of prasādam in the garden nearby.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you attend carefully to whom the Lord called and in what order?
Read the verse once, then recall the three people in the order the Lord called them.
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