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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.15
তবে প্ৰতাপরুদ্র করে আপনে সেবন ।
সুবর্ণ-মার্জনী লঞা করে পথ সম্মার্জন ॥ ১৫ ॥
tabe pratāparudra kare āpane sevana
suvarṇa-mārjanī lañā kare patha sammārjana
While the Lord was being carried from the throne to the car, King Pratāparudra personally engaged in the Lord’s service by cleansing the road with a broom that had a golden handle.
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Lord Jagannātha was being carried from the throne to the car.
King Pratāparudra personally engaged in the Lord’s service by cleansing the road.
He swept with a broom that had a golden handle.
Public ecstasy with inward longing. The festival’s collective joy carries the profound Vraja mood of meeting and separation.
The mood of Madhya 13 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:
At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road. Lord Jagannātha took permission from the goddess of fortune and then started in the car for the Guṇḍicā temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
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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: “service”, “cleansing”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What inspires you about the King personally taking up a broom in the Lord’s service?
Sweep a small area today as a simple act of service, remembering the King’s personal effort.
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