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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.139
পাত্র প্রক্ষালন করি’ খণ্ড খণ্ড কৈল ।
বহির্বাসে বান্ধি’ সেই ঠিকারি রাখিল ॥ ১৩৯ ॥
pātra prakṣālana kari’ khaṇḍa khaṇḍa kaila
bahir-vāse bāndhi’ sei ṭhikāri rākhila
After this, Mādhavendra Purī washed the pot and broke it into pieces. He then bound all the pieces in his outer cloth and kept them nicely.
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Mādhavendra Purī washed the pot after eating the sweet rice.
He then broke the pot into pieces.
He bound all the pieces in his outer cloth and kept them nicely.
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:
This pot of condensed milk was stolen by Gopīnātha and delivered to Mādhavendra Purī. Since then, the Gopīnātha Deity has been known as Kṣīra-corā-gopīnātha, the Deity who stole the pot of condensed milk.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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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: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Mādhavendra Purī’s careful handling of the pot invite you to notice?
Take a moment today to clean and carefully put away an item you use in devotion.
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