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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.57
কেহ গায়, কেহ নাচে, মহোৎসব হৈল ।
দধি, দুগ্ধ, ঘৃত আইল গ্রামে যত ছিল ॥ ৫৭ ॥
keha gāya, keha nāce, mahotsava haila
dadhi, dugdha, ghṛta āila grāme yata chila
During the festival at the installation ceremony, some people sang and some danced. All the milk, yogurt and clarified butter in the village were brought to the festival.
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A festival accompanied the installation ceremony.
Some people sang, and some danced.
All the milk, yogurt and clarified butter in the village were brought to the festival.
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:
This festival was known everywhere, and many people from the neighboring villages came to join. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
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Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “festival”
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