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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.14
কোন মতে রাজা যদি মোরে ক্রুদ্ধ হয় ।
তবে অব্যাহতি হয়, করিলুঁ নিশ্চয় ॥ ১৪ ॥
kona mate rājā yadi more kruddha haya
tabe avyāhati haya, kariluṅ niścaya
“If the Nawab somehow or other becomes angry with me, I shall be greatly relieved. That is my conclusion.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī considered the possibility of the Nawab becoming angry with him.
He thought that this would bring him great relief.
He stated this firmly as his conclusion.
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:
They appointed some brāhmaṇas to perform puraścaraṇa ceremonies and chant the holy name of Kṛṣṇa. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī deposited ten thousand gold coins with a grocer, and the balance he brought in two boats to a place called Bāklā Candradvīpa.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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