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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.21
আমার যে কিছু কার্য, সব তোমা লঞা ।
কার্য ছাড়ি’ রহিলা তুমি ঘরেতে বসিয়া ॥ ২১ ॥
āmāra ye kichu kārya, saba tomā lañā
kārya chāḍi’ rahilā tumi gharete vasiyā
“I am depending on you to carry out so many of my activities, but you have given up your governmental duties to sit here at home.
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The Nawab said that he depended on Sanātana Gosvāmī to carry out many of his activities.
He said that Sanātana Gosvāmī had given up his governmental duties.
The Nawab contrasted those duties with Sanātana Gosvāmī sitting at home.
Empowerment and hope. The seed of bhakti is received, planted, and watered; intimate realization becomes transmissible.
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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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In this verse: “depending”, “depended”
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