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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.6
শ্রীরূপ-গোসাঞি তবে নৌকাতে ভরিয়া ।
আপনার ঘরে আইলা বহুধন লঞা ॥ ৬ ॥
śrī-rūpa-gosāñi tabe naukāte bhariyā
āpanāra ghare āilā bahu-dhana lañā
At this time, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī returned home, taking with him large quantities of riches loaded in boats.
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At this time, Śrī Rūpa Gosvāmī returned home.
He took large quantities of riches with him.
These riches were loaded in boats.
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:
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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