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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service
Madhya 4.130Madhya 4.132

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.131

ধড়ার আঁচলতলে পাইল সেই ক্ষীর ।

স্থান লেপি’ ক্ষীর লঞা হইল বাহির ॥ ১৩১ ॥

dhaḍāra āṅcala-tale pāila sei kṣīra

sthāna lepi’ kṣīra lañā ha-ila bāhira

Translation

According to the Deity’s directions, the priest found the pot of sweet rice behind the cloth curtain. He removed the pot and mopped up the place where it had been kept. He then went out of the temple.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Follow Directions with Care

  1. 1

    Following the Deity’s directions, the priest found the pot of sweet rice behind the cloth curtain.

  2. 2

    He removed the pot and mopped the place where it had been kept.

  3. 3

    He completed this careful work before going out of the temple.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 4: Śrī Mādhavendra Purī’s Devotional Service

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dhaḍāraof the mantle
  2. āṅcala-taleat the skirt
  3. pāilahe got
  4. seithat
  5. kṣīrapot of sweet rice
  6. sthāna lepi’mopping that place
  7. kṣīrathe pot of sweet rice
  8. lañātaking
  9. ha-ilahe went
  10. bāhiraout of the temple
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do you give attention to small details when carrying out a service?

Practice

After completing one service today, clean the place you used.

Live this todayFollow Directions with CareThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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