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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.18
আর দিন গৌড়েশ্বর, সঙ্গে একজন ।
আচম্বিতে গোসাঞি-সভাতে কৈল আগমন ॥ ১৮ ॥
āra dina gauḍeśvara, saṅge eka-jana
ācambite gosāñi-sabhāte kaila āgamana
While Sanātana Gosvāmī was studying Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in the assembly of learned brāhmaṇas, one day the Nawab of Bengal and another person suddenly appeared.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī was studying Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam in an assembly of learned brāhmaṇas.
The Nawab of Bengal and another person suddenly appeared during the study.
The purport dates this study gathering to 1424 Śakābda Era, or A.D. 1502. The Nawab ruled Bengal for twenty-three years.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
Giving this excuse, he sat at home and studied Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam with learned brāhmaṇa scholars. The Nawab Hussain Shah first sent his personal physician to see what the real facts were; then he personally came to see why Sanātana was not attending to official business.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place does shared scripture study have in your day?
Set aside a few minutes today to study Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.
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