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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.56
রূপ কহেন, — তেঁহো বন্দী হয় রাজ-ঘরে ।
তুমি যদি উদ্ধার’, তবে হইবে উদ্ধারে ॥ ৫৬ ॥
rūpa kahena, — teṅho bandī haya rāja-ghare
tumi yadi uddhāra’, tabe ha-ibe uddhāre
Rūpa Gosvāmī replied, “Sanātana has now been arrested by the government of Hussain Shah. If You kindly save him, he can be liberated from that entanglement.”
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Rūpa Gosvāmī reported that Sanātana had been arrested by the government of Hussain Shah.
He appealed to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to kindly save Sanātana.
Rūpa Gosvāmī expressed that the Lord could liberate Sanātana from that entanglement.
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:
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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