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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.166
পুরী কহে, — এই দুই ঘষিবে চন্দন ।
আর জনা-দুই দেহ, দিব যে বেতন ॥ ১৬৬ ॥
purī kahe, — ei dui ghaṣibe candana
āra janā-dui deha, diba ye vetana
Mādhavendra Purī said, “These two assistants will regularly grind the sandalwood, and you should also get two other people to help. I shall pay their salaries.”
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Mādhavendra Purī said that two assistants would regularly grind the sandalwood.
He asked the servants to get two more people to help.
He offered to pay the salaries of those additional helpers.
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:
Again he saw in a dream that Gopāla at Govardhana Hill desired that very sandalwood to be turned into pulp mixed with camphor and smeared over the body of Gopīnāthajī. Understanding that that would satisfy the Gopāla Deity at Govardhana, Mādhavendra Purī executed the order and returned to Jagannātha Purī.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: “servants”, “offered”
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