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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.101
এক মহাধনী ক্ষত্রিয় করাইল মন্দির ।
কেহ পাক-ভাণ্ডার কৈল, কেহ ত’ প্রাচীর ॥ ১০১ ॥
eka mahā-dhanī kṣatriya karāila mandira
keha pāka-bhāṇḍāra kaila, keha ta’ prācīra
One very rich kṣatriya of the royal order constructed a temple, someone made cooking utensils, and someone constructed boundary walls.
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A very rich kṣatriya of the royal order constructed a temple.
Someone made cooking utensils.
Someone else constructed boundary walls.
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:
Having received this order, Mādhavendra Purī immediately started for Orissa. Traveling through Bengal, he reached Remuṇā village and there received a pot of condensed milk ( kṣīra ) offered to the Deity of Gopīnāthajī.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.
What practical temple need could your resources or skills help meet?
Ask a temple whether it needs a cooking utensil you could provide.
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