Sri Caitanya Caritamrta Madhya-lila Chapter 24 Verse 333

Madhya-līlā | Chapter 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Ātmārāma Verse

Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Madhya 24.333

gopīcandana-mālya-dhṛti, tulasī-āharaṇa

vastra-pīṭha-gṛha-saḿskāra, kṛṣṇa-prabodhana

SYNONYMS

gopī-candana — gopī-candana (available in Vṛndāvana and Dvārakā); mālya — beads on the neck; dhṛti — wearing regularly; tulasī-āharaṇa — collecting tulasī leaves; vastra — cloth; pīṭha — temple; gṛha — the house; saḿskāra — cleansing; kṛṣṇa-prabodhana — awakening the Deity of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

TRANSLATION

"After this, you should describe how one should decorate his body with gopīcandana, wear neck beads, collect tulasī leaves from the tulasī tree, cleanse his cloth and the altar, cleanse his own house or apartment and go to the temple and ring the bell just to draw the attention of Lord Kṛṣṇa.

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