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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.129
মাধব-পুরী সন্ন্যাসী আছে হাটেতে বসিঞা ।
তাহাকে ত’ এই ক্ষীর শীঘ্র দেহ লঞা ॥ ১২৯ ॥
mādhava-purī sannyāsī āche hāṭete vasiñā
tāhāke ta’ ei kṣīra śīghra deha lañā
“A sannyāsī named Mādhavendra Purī is sitting in the vacant marketplace. Please take this pot of sweet rice from behind Me and deliver it to him.”
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The Deity identified the recipient as a sannyāsī named Mādhavendra Purī.
He told the priest that Mādhavendra Purī was sitting in the vacant marketplace.
He asked the priest to take the pot of sweet rice from behind Him and deliver it to Mādhavendra Purī.
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:
But when He saw that many people were assembled, He checked Himself and ate some sweet rice prasādam. Thus He passed that night, and the next morning He again started for Jagannātha Purī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How carefully do I attend to the details of a service entrusted to me?
When carrying out one service today, check what needs to be taken, where it should go, and who should receive it.
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