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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.112
সেইত’ করিহ, — প্রভু লঞা ভক্তগণ ।
স্বচ্ছন্দে আসিয়া যৈছে করেন দরশন ॥ ১১২ ॥
seita’ kariha, — prabhu lañā bhakta-gaṇa
svacchande āsiyā yaiche karena daraśana
“Arrange the festival in such a way that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu may freely go with His devotees to visit the Deity without difficulty.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The festival arrangements were to allow Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to visit the Deity freely.
He was to be able to go with His devotees.
The arrangements should ensure that they could visit without difficulty.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
The mood of Madhya 14 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:
Then the devotees began pulling the car with ropes. Near the Guṇḍicā temple is a place known as Āiṭoṭā.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “freely”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can thoughtful arrangements make visiting the Deity easier for devotees?
Identify one practical difficulty visitors might face at a festival and note a way to reduce it.
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