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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 14.253
প্রতি বৎসর গুণ্ডিচাতে ভক্তগণ-সঙ্গে ।
পট্টডোরী লঞা আইসে অতি বড় রঙ্গে ॥ ২৫৩ ॥
prati vatsara guṇḍicāte bhakta-gaṇa-saṅge
paṭṭa-ḍorī lañā āise ati baḍa raṅge
Every year thereafter, when the Guṇḍicā temple was being cleansed, Satyarāja and Rāmānanda Vasu would come with the other devotees and with great pleasure bring silken rope.
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Satyarāja and Rāmānanda Vasu brought silken rope every year thereafter.
They came when the Guṇḍicā temple was being cleansed.
They came with the other devotees and brought the rope with great pleasure.
Intimacy and ecstatic play. Mercy to Pratāparudra and discussion of the gopīs reveal deep relational sweetness.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
During that time, there was much talk about the pastimes of the gopīs. When the ratha was again being drawn and the chanting resumed, two devotees from Kulīna-grāma — Rāmānanda Vasu and Satyarāja Khān — were requested to bring silk ropes every year for the Ratha-yātrā ceremony.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 14
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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: “cleansed”
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