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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 13.20
শত শত সু-চামর-দর্পণে উজ্জ্বল ।
উপরে পতাকা শোভে চাঁদোয়া নির্মল ॥ ২০ ॥
śata śata su-cāmara-darpaṇe ujjvala
upare patākā śobhe cāṅdoyā nirmala
The decorations included bright mirrors and hundreds and hundreds of cāmaras [white whisks made of yak tails]. On top of the car were a neat and clean canopy and a very beautiful flag.
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Bright mirrors were among the car’s decorations.
Hundreds and hundreds of cāmaras, white whisks made of yak tails, adorned the car.
On top stood a neat and clean canopy and a very beautiful flag.
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:
This function is called Pāṇḍu-vijaya. At that time, King Pratāparudra took a broom with a golden handle and began to cleanse the road.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 13
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the neat, clean canopy help me appreciate the care given to these decorations?
Spend a few minutes making one item or space used for devotional service neat and clean.
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