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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.180
হেন-জন গোপালের আজ্ঞামৃত পাঞা ।
সহস্র ক্রোশ আসি’ বুলে চন্দন মাগিঞা ॥ ১৮০ ॥
hena-jana gopālera ājñāmṛta pāñā
sahasra krośa āsi’ bule candana māgiñā
“After receiving the transcendental orders of Gopāla, this great personality traveled thousands of miles just to collect sandalwood by begging.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Mādhavendra Purī received the transcendental orders of Gopāla.
To carry out those orders, he traveled thousands of miles.
He made this journey just to collect sandalwood by begging.
Selfless service and longing. Gopāla’s requests, Gopīnātha’s mercy, and Mādhavendra Purī’s devotion deepen the theme of longing.
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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
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How willing am I to make an effort when devotional service is inconvenient?
Take one concrete step today toward a devotional service you have been postponing.
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