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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 12.98
খাপরা ভরিয়া জল ঊর্ধ্বে চালাইল ।
সেই জলে ঊর্ধ্ব শোধি ভিত্তি প্রক্ষালিল ॥ ৯৮ ॥
khāparā bhariyā jala ūrdhve cālāila
sei jale ūrdhva śodhi bhitti prakṣālila
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself and His devotees began to throw water onto the ceiling. When this water fell, it washed the walls and floor.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself took part in washing.
He and His devotees threw water onto the ceiling.
As the water fell, it washed the walls and floor.
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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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: “washed”
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