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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.13
এথা সনাতন-গোসাঞি ভাবে মনে মন ।
রাজা মোরে প্রীতি করে, সে — মোর বন্ধন ॥ ১৩ ॥
ethā sanātana-gosāñi bhāve mane mana
rājā more prīti kare, se — mora bandhana
While Sanātana Gosvāmī was in Gauḍa-deśa, he was thinking, “The Nawab is very pleased with me. I certainly have an obligation.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī was in Gauḍa-deśa.
He was thinking that the Nawab was very pleased with him.
He recognized that he had an obligation.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
The mood of Madhya 19 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:
Meeting Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in a village called Rāmakeli, two brothers, Rūpa and Sanātana, began to devise means to get out of their government service. They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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How might another person’s satisfaction with you create a sense of obligation?
Take a moment to name one obligation you currently feel.
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