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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.144
জগন্নাথের দেউল দেখি’ আবিষ্ট হৈলা ।
দণ্ডবৎ করি প্রেমে নাচিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
jagannāthera deula dekhi’ āviṣṭa hailā
daṇḍavat kari preme nācite lāgilā
After seeing the temple of Jagannātha from a distant place, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately became ecstatic. After offering obeisances to the temple, He began to dance in the ecstasy of love of God.
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Seeing the Jagannātha temple from a distance, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately became ecstatic. He offered obeisances and danced in love of God.
The word deula refers to the temple where the Supreme Personality of Godhead is situated.
The purport identifies King Anaṅga-bhīma as the builder of the present temple. The surrounding small buildings and the high platform in front were not present during Mahāprabhu’s time.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
The mood of Madhya 5 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:
After hearing this narration, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu visited the temple of Gopāla in great ecstasy of love of God. From Kaṭaka He went to Bhuvaneśvara and saw the temple of Lord Śiva.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How might remembering who is present in the temple deepen your reverence?
Offer obeisances today while remembering the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His temple.
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