Live Caitanya Caritamrta · CC Madhya 20.8
Sanātana Gosvāmī Presents a Twofold Benefit
“Here are five thousand gold coins. Please accept them. By releasing me, you will receive the results of pious activities and gain material profit as well. Thus you will profit in two ways simultaneously.”
What the purport teaches
- Sanātana Gosvāmī offered the jailkeeper five thousand gold coins and asked him to accept them.
- He told the jailkeeper that releasing him would bring the results of pious activities.
- He also pointed to material profit, presenting the release as beneficial in two ways simultaneously.
Try this today
List the two benefits named in the translation, keeping pious results distinct from material profit.
Ask yourself
What two kinds of benefit did Sanātana Gosvāmī place before the jailkeeper?
Carry the question through the day, then answer it in your own words before sleep.
The study points are short summaries drawn from Śrīla Prabhupāda's translation and purport; the practice and question are plain words for trying the verse today.