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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 17.168
গোপাল প্রকট করি’ সেবা কৈল ‘মহাশয়’ ।
অদ্যাপিহ তাঁহার সেবা ‘গোবর্ধনে’ হয় ॥ ১৬৮ ॥
gopāla prakaṭa kari’ sevā kaila ‘mahāśaya’
adyāpiha tāṅhāra sevā ‘govardhane’ haya
“After installing the Deity of Gopāla, Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī rendered Him service. That very Deity is still being worshiped at Govardhana Hill.”
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Śrīla Mādhavendra Purī installed the Deity of Gopāla.
After the installation, he rendered service to Gopāla.
That very Deity was still being worshiped at Govardhana Hill.
Wonder and contagious joy. Even forest animals chant; nature seems drawn into the saṅkīrtana movement.
The mood of Madhya 17 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:
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu next passed through Prayāga and Mathurā and then took His lunch at the home of a Sānoḍiyā brāhmaṇa, a disciple of Mādhavendra Purī. He bestowed His blessings upon the brāhmaṇa by accepting lunch at his place.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 17
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Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “govardhana”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the continued worship of Gopāla help you appreciate about ongoing service?
Take a moment today to reflect on the sequence described here: installation, service, and continued worship.
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