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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.107
কল্য ‘হেরা-পঞ্চমী’ হবে লক্ষ্মীর বিজয় ।
ঐছে উৎসব কর যেন কভু নাহি হয় ॥ ১০৭ ॥
kalya ‘herā-pañcamī’ habe lakṣmīra vijaya
aiche utsava kara yena kabhu nāhi haya
“Tomorrow will be the function of Herā-pañcamī or Lakṣmī-vijaya. Hold this festival in a way that it has never been held before.”
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The coming function is called Herā-pañcamī or Lakṣmī-vijaya. The instruction is to hold it in a way it has never been held before.
Herā-pañcamī takes place five days after Ratha-yātrā. Lord Jagannātha has left His wife, the goddess of fortune, and gone to Vṛndāvana, which is the Guṇḍicā temple.
Feeling separation, the goddess of fortune goes to see Lord Jagannātha at Guṇḍicā. Herā means “to see,” and pañcamī means “the fifth day,” referring to the fifth day of the moon.
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Seeing this, Lord Caitanya began to push the car from behind with His head, and the car began moving. Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”, “ratha-yātrā”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “vṛndāvana”
Vipralambha · Love in separation
Separation that intensifies remembrance and longing; especially central to the confidential pastimes at Purī. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “separation”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does knowing the meaning of herā help you understand this festival?
Write one sentence explaining whose visit Herā-pañcamī celebrates.
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