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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.112
আপনি প্রভুকে লঞা তাহাঁ উত্তরিবা ।
রাত্রি-দিবা বেত্রহস্তে সেবায় রহিবা ॥ ১১২ ॥
āpani prabhuke lañā tāhāṅ uttaribā
rātri-dibā vetra-haste sevāya rahibā
“You should personally take the Lord to these newly constructed houses. Day and night you should engage in His service with a stick in your hands.”
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The servants were instructed to take the Lord personally to the newly constructed houses.
They were to engage in His service day and night.
The order specified that they should serve with a stick in their hands.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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 the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
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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: “service”, “serve”, “servants”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the instruction to serve personally, day and night, invite you to reflect on?
Set aside a few uninterrupted minutes today for a small act of service to the Lord.
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