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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.23
সনাতন কহে — নহে আমা হৈতে কাম ।
আর একজন দিয়া কর সমাধান ॥ ২৩ ॥
sanātana kahe, — nahe āmā haite kāma
āra eka-jana diyā kara samādhāna
Sanātana Gosvāmī replied, “You can no longer expect any service from me. Please arrange for someone else to tend to the management.”
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Sanātana Gosvāmī replied that the Nawab could no longer expect service from him.
His reply clearly stated that he would not continue that service.
He asked the Nawab to arrange for someone else to tend to the management.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
If you cannot continue a responsibility, how can you communicate that clearly and respectfully?
For one commitment you cannot continue, tell the person concerned clearly and ask that another arrangement be made.
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