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

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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 14: Performance of the Vṛndāvana Pastimes

Madhya 14.208 Madhya 14.210

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.209

এত বলি’ মহালক্ষ্মীর সব দাসীগণে ।

কটি-বস্ত্রে বান্ধি’ আনে প্রভুর নিজগণে ॥ ২০৯ ॥

eta bali’ mahā-lakṣmīra saba dāsī-gaṇe

kaṭi-vastre bāndhi’ āne prabhura nija-gaṇe

Translation

“In this way all the maidservants of the goddess of fortune arrested the servants of Jagannātha, bound them around the waist and brought them before the goddess of fortune.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Jagannātha’s Servants Are Brought Before the Goddess

1
All the maidservants of the goddess of fortune arrest the servants of Jagannātha.
2
They bind the servants around the waist.
3
They bring the servants before the goddess of fortune.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

eta bali’saying this
mahā-lakṣmīraof the goddess of fortune
sabaall
dāsī-gaṇemaidservants
kaṭi-vastreby their waist cloths
bāndhi’binding
ānebring
prabhuraof Jagannātha
nija-gaṇepersonal servants

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

What details help you follow the actions described in this scene?

Practice

Recall the three actions in order: arresting, binding and bringing the servants before the goddess of fortune.

Live this todayJagannātha’s Servants Are Brought Before the GoddessThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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