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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.75
বিশেষে রাজার আজ্ঞা হঞাছে আমারে ।
প্রভুর আজ্ঞা যেই, সেই শীঘ্র করিবারে ॥ ৭৫ ॥
viśeṣe rājāra ājñā hañāche āmāre
prabhura ājñā yei, sei śīghra karibāre
“The King gave a special order for me to do without delay whatever Your Lordship orders.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King had given a special order concerning the Lord’s wishes.
The instruction was to do whatever the Lord ordered.
The King specifically directed that these orders be carried out without delay.
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:
Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu delivered the son of Mahārāja Pratāparudra. After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the Guṇḍicā temple before the Ratha-yātrā took place.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.
Is there a service I have agreed to do but keep delaying?
Begin one agreed-upon service today without putting it off.
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