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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.102
এক এক ব্রজবাসী এক এক গাভী দিল ।
সহস্র সহস্র গাভী গোপালের হৈল ॥ ১০২ ॥
eka eka vraja-vāsī eka eka gābhī dila
sahasra sahasra gābhī gopālera haila
Each and every family residing in the land of Vrajabhūmi contributed one cow. In this way, thousands of cows became the property of Gopāla.
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Every family in Vrajabhūmi contributed one cow, giving Gopāla thousands of cows. Everyone should enthusiastically contribute to the temple and provide food for the distribution of prasādam.
Devotees should teach devotional service and engage people, including wealthy people, in practical service to the Deity. In this way, the entire society can become spiritually inclined and develop Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Serving the Lord gradually purifies the senses and diminishes the desire for material sense satisfaction. Engaging purified senses in the Lord’s service is bhakti, through which one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead as He is.
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The purport of CC Madhya 4.102 quotesBG 18.55
Bhaktyā mām abhijānāti yāvān yaś cāsmi tattvataḥ. This is the process of giving humanity the chance to awaken Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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.
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”, “serving”
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: “vrajabhūmi”
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distribution”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What practical service could help you turn your senses toward serving the Lord?
Contribute one food item or a small donation toward the distribution of prasādam.
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