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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.84
চারিদিকে শত ভক্ত সংমার্জনী করে ।
আপনি শোধেন প্রভু, শিখা’ন সবারে ॥ ৮৪ ॥
cāri-dike śata bhakta sammārjanī-kare
āpani śodhena prabhu, śikhā’na sabāre
Indeed, hundreds of devotees were engaged in cleansing all around the temple, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was personally carrying out the operation just to instruct others.
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Hundreds of devotees were engaged in cleansing all around the temple.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally carried out the cleansing work.
He took part personally just to instruct others.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cleansing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I teach care for a shared space by taking part myself?
Personally do one cleaning task rather than only asking someone else to do it.
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