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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.55
তবে মহাপ্রভু তাঁরে নিকটে বসাইলা ।
‘সনাতনের বার্তা কহ’ — তাঁহারে পুছিলা ॥ ৫৫ ॥
tabe mahāprabhu tāṅre nikaṭe vasāilā
‘sanātanera vārtā kaha’ — tāṅhāre puchilā
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat them down by His side and asked them, “What news do you have of Sanātana?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had the two brothers sit down.
He seated them by His side.
He asked them what news they had of Sanātana.
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:
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu started for Vṛndāvana through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa, Rūpa Gosvāmī left home and sent news to Sanātana that he was leaving with his younger brother (Anupama Mallika) to meet Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī finally reached Prayāga and met with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu for ten successive days.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 19
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What can I learn from the Lord’s attention to news of Sanātana?
Ask someone how a person you both know is doing, and listen attentively.
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