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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 15.288
উঠ, স্নান কর, দেখ জগন্নাথ-মুখ ।
শীঘ্র আসি, ভোজন কর, তবে মোর সুখ ॥ ২৮৮ ॥
uṭha, snāna kara, dekha jagannātha-mukha
śīghra āsi, bhojana kara, tabe mora sukha
“Just get up and take your bath and go see the face of Lord Jagannātha. Then return here to eat your lunch. In this way I shall be happy.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The Lord asks Sārvabhauma to get up and take his bath.
He then asks him to go see the face of Lord Jagannātha.
He tells him to return and eat lunch, saying that this will make Him happy.
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.
What do these simple instructions show me about pleasing the Lord?
Set aside a moment today to look respectfully at an image of Lord Jagannātha.
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