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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.132

জগন্নাথের মুখ্য মুখ্য যত ভৃত্যগণে ।

লক্ষ্মীদেবীর দাসীগণ করেন বন্ধনে ॥ ১৩২ ॥

jagannāthera mukhya mukhya yata bhṛtya-gaṇe

lakṣmīdevīra dāsī-gaṇa karena bandhane

Translation

When the procession arrived, the maidservants of the goddess of fortune began to arrest all the principal servants of Lord Jagannātha.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Maidservants Arrest Jagannātha’s Principal Servants

  1. 1

    The arrests began when the procession arrived.

  2. 2

    The maidservants of the goddess of fortune carried out the arrests.

  3. 3

    They began to arrest all the principal servants of Lord Jagannātha.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

For nine continuous days during Ratha-yātrā, the Lord remained at Sundarācala, and on the fifth day He and Svarūpa Dāmodara observed the pastimes of Lakṣmī, the goddess of fortune. During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. jagannātheraof Lord Jagannātha
  2. mukhya mukhyathe principal
  3. yataall
  4. bhṛtya-gaṇeservants
  5. lakṣmī-devīraof the goddess of fortune
  6. dāsī-gaṇamaidservants
  7. karena bandhanearrested
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Key ideas in this verse

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: “servants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can you distinguish who made the arrests from who was arrested?

Practice

Summarize the action in one sentence, clearly naming the two groups of servants.

Live this todayThe Maidservants Arrest Jagannātha’s Principal ServantsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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