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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.34
দশসহস্র মুদ্রা তথা আছে মুদি-স্থানে ।
তাহা দিয়া কর শীঘ্র আত্ম-বিমোচনে ॥ ৩৪ ॥
daśa-sahasra mudrā tathā āche mudi-sthāne
tāhā diyā kara śīghra ātma-vimocane
Rūpa Gosvāmī further informed Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī: “I have left a deposit of ten thousand coins with the grocer. Use that money to get out of prison.
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Rūpa Gosvāmī had left a deposit of ten thousand coins with the grocer.
He informed Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī that this money was available.
He told Sanātana Gosvāmī to use the money to get out of prison.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
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. There he divided this money among the brāhmaṇas, Vaiṣṇavas and his relatives, and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal needs.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
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