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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 4.59
তুলসী আদি, পুষ্প, বস্ত্র আইল অনেক ।
আপনে মাধবপুরী কৈল অভিষেক ॥ ৫৯ ॥
tulasī ādi, puṣpa, vastra āila aneka
āpane mādhava-purī kaila abhiṣeka
The villagers brought a large quantity of tulasī leaves, flowers and various kinds of garments. Then Śrī Mādhavendra Purī personally began the abhiṣeka [bathing ceremony].
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The villagers brought many tulasī leaves, flowers and garments. Śrī Mādhavendra Purī personally began the abhiṣeka, or bathing ceremony.
The Hari-bhakti-vilāsa states that the Deity should be bathed in water mixed with yogurt and milk, accompanied by conchshells, bells and other instruments.
The bathing is also accompanied by chanting oṁ bhagavate vāsudevāya namaḥ and the Brahma-saṁhitā verses beginning cintāmaṇi-prakara-sadmasu kalpa-vṛkṣa-lakṣāvṛteṣu surabhīr abhipālayantam.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
One night while in Govardhana, Mādhavendra Purī dreamed that the Gopāla Deity was within the forest. The next morning he invited his neighborhood friends to accompany him to excavate the Deity from the jungle.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 4
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chanting”, “hari-bhakti-vilāsa”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the combination of preparations and chanting shape your understanding of the bathing ceremony?
Carefully read aloud the mantra oṁ bhagavate vāsudevāya namaḥ given in the purport.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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