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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.136
সার্বভৌম, কর ‘দারুব্রহ্ম’-আরাধন ।
বাচস্পতি, কর জলব্রহ্মের সেবন ॥ ১৩৬ ॥
sārvabhauma, kara ‘dāru-brahma’-ārādhana
vācaspati, kara jala-brahmera sevana
“Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, you should engage in the worship of Lord Jagannātha Puruṣottama, and Vācaspati should worship mother Ganges.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu directed Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya to worship Lord Jagannātha Puruṣottama.
He directed Vācaspati to worship mother Ganges.
Each received a specific instruction to engage in worship.
Festive affection and reconciliation. Festivals, reciprocal hospitality, and the deliverance of Amogha show affectionate grace.
The mood of Madhya 15 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 Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, with great humility, sent some Jagannātha prasādam and a cloth from Lord Jagannātha to His mother through Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura. When the Lord bade farewell to Rāghava Paṇḍita, Vāsudeva Datta, the residents of Kulīna-grāma and other devotees, He praised them for their transcendental qualities.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 15
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give more attention to the worship I undertake?
Take a quiet moment today to offer respectful words of worship to Lord Jagannātha Puruṣottama or mother Ganges.
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