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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.100
স্বর্ণ, রৌপ্য, বস্ত্র, গন্ধ, ভক্ষ্য-উপহার ।
অসংখ্য আইসে, নিত্য বাড়িল ভাণ্ডার ॥ ১০০ ॥
svarṇa, raupya, vastra, gandha, bhakṣya-upahāra
asaṅkhya āise, nitya bāḍila bhāṇḍāra
Thus countless presentations of gold, silver, garments, scented articles and eatables arrived. The store of Gopāla increased daily.
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Countless presentations arrived for Gopāla.
The offerings included gold, silver, garments, scented articles and eatables.
Gopāla’s store increased daily through these gifts.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
The mood of Madhya 4 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:
One night the Gopāla Deity again appeared to Mādhavendra Purī in a dream and asked him to go to Jagannātha Purī to collect some sandalwood pulp and smear it on the body of the Deity. Having received this order, Mādhavendra Purī immediately started for Orissa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which of these kinds of offerings could you help provide?
Set aside a small contribution toward food or garments for Gopāla.
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