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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.49
অত্যন্ত নিবিড় কুঞ্জ, — নারি প্ৰবেশিতে ।
কুঠারি কোদালি লহ দ্বার করিতে ॥ ৪৯ ॥
atyanta niviḍa kuñja, — nāri praveśite
kuṭhāri kodāli laha dvāra karite
“The bushes are very dense, and we will not be able to enter the jungle. Therefore take choppers and spades to clear the way.”
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The bushes were very dense.
Mādhavendra Purī explained that they would not be able to enter the jungle as it was.
He asked them to take choppers and spades to clear the way.
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:
The next morning he invited his neighborhood friends to accompany him to excavate the Deity from the jungle. He then established the Deity of Śrī Gopālajī on top of Govardhana Hill with great pomp.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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What practical preparation would help me carry out a service that seems difficult?
Before beginning one service today, gather the tools or materials needed to complete it.
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