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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 6.40
সমুদ্রস্নান করি’ মহাপ্রভু শীঘ্র আইলা ।
চরণ পাখালি’ প্রভু আসনে বসিলা ॥ ৪০ ॥
samudra-snāna kari’ mahāprabhu śīghra āilā
caraṇa pākhāli’ prabhu āsane vasilā
After bathing in the sea, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees returned very soon. The Lord then washed His feet and sat down on a carpet to take lunch.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His devotees bathed in the sea.
They returned very soon after bathing.
The Lord washed His feet and sat down on a carpet to take lunch.
Doubt transformed to devotion. Intellectual resistance gives way to a profound change of heart.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Śrīla Nityānanda Prabhu and other devotees then visited the Jagannātha temple, and when they came back to the house of Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to external consciousness. Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya received everyone and distributed mahā-prasādam with great care.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 6
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Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What simple acts of preparation do you notice before the Lord’s lunch?
Recall the Lord’s example by washing your feet before sitting down for a meal today.
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