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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.48
পূর্ববৎ রথযাত্রা-কাল যবে আইল ।
সবা লঞা গুণ্ডিচা-মন্দির প্ৰক্ষালিল ॥ ৪৮ ॥
pūrvavat ratha-yātrā-kāla yābe āila
sabā lañā guṇḍicā-mandira prakṣālila
As in the previous year, they all washed the Guṇḍicā temple when the time for Ratha-yātrā arrived.
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The time for Ratha-yātrā arrived.
They all washed the Guṇḍicā temple.
They had performed this same service in the previous year.
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:
In that year also, the Guṇḍicā temple was cleansed, and when the Cāturmāsya period was over, all the devotees returned to their homes in Bengal. Caitanya Mahāprabhu forbade Nityānanda to visit Nīlācala every year.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: “washed”, “service”
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ratha-yātrā”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I take part in the practical service of keeping a temple clean?
Offer to help wash a small area of a temple today.
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