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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.241
সবা লঞা নানা-রঙ্গে করিলা ভোজন ।
সন্ধ্যা স্নান করি’ কৈল জগন্নাথ দরশন ॥ ২৪১ ॥
sabā lañā nānā-raṅge karilā bhojana
sandhyā snāna kari’ kaila jagannātha daraśana
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finished His afternoon lunch, and after His evening bath He went to see Lord Jagannātha.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu finished His afternoon lunch.
Later, He took His evening bath.
After His evening bath, He went to see Lord Jagannātha.
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:
When Lord Jagannātha was seated at Sundarācala, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu saw it as Vṛndāvana. He performed sporting pastimes in the water of the lake known as Indradyumna.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the Lord’s visit to Lord Jagannātha inspire your own day?
Set aside a brief moment this evening to look at an image of Lord Jagannātha.
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