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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.95
আর শত জন শত ঘটে জল ভরি’ ।
প্রথমেই লঞা আছে কাল অপেক্ষা করি’ ॥ ৯৫ ॥
āra śata jana śata ghaṭe jala bhari’
prathamei lañā āche kāla apekṣā kari’
While the temple was being swept, about a hundred men stood ready with filled waterpots, and they simply awaited the Lord’s order to throw the water from them.
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While the temple was being swept, about a hundred men stood ready.
They had filled waterpots prepared for use.
They awaited the Lord’s order before throwing the water.
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:
While Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu washed the temple of Guṇḍicā, a Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava washed the lotus feet of the Lord and drank the water. This incident is very significant, for it awoke within the devotee ecstatic love.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 12
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you be ready to help while patiently waiting for the right instruction?
Prepare the supplies for one shared cleaning task and wait for the agreed signal to begin.
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