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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.20
রাজা কহে, — তোমার স্থানে বৈদ্য পাঠাইলুঁ ।
বৈদ্য কহে, — ব্যাধি নাহি, সুস্থ যে দেখিলুঁ ॥ ২০ ॥
rājā kahe, — tomāra sthāne vaidya pāṭhāiluṅ
vaidya kahe, — vyādhi nāhi, sustha ye dekhiluṅ
The Nawab said, “I sent my physician to you, and he has reported that you are not diseased. As far as he could see, you are completely healthy.
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The Nawab said that he had sent his physician to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
The physician reported that Sanātana Gosvāmī was not diseased.
As far as the physician could see, Sanātana Gosvāmī was completely healthy.
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:
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. Knowing that he wanted to resign his post, the Nawab had him arrested and imprisoned.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When you repeat a report, do you preserve the limits of what was observed?
When sharing an observation today, distinguish what you know from what only appears to be so.
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