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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 19.7
ব্রাহ্মণ-বৈষ্ণবে দিলা তার অর্ধ-ধনে ।
এক চৌঠি ধন দিলা কুটুম্ব-ভরণে ॥ ৭ ॥
brāhmaṇa-vaiṣṇave dilā tāra ardha-dhane
eka cauṭhi dhana dilā kuṭumba-bharaṇe
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī divided the wealth that he brought back home. He gave fifty percent in charity to brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas and twenty-five percent to his relatives.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī’s division of wealth is a practical example of how to divide one’s money and retire from household life.
Fifty percent should be distributed to qualified and pure devotees of the Lord. He gave this share in charity to brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas.
Twenty-five percent may be given to family members, and twenty-five percent may be kept for personal use in an emergency.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
There he divided this money among the brāhmaṇas, Vaiṣṇavas and his relatives, and a portion he kept for emergency measures and personal needs. He was informed that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was going to Vṛndāvana from Jagannātha Purī through the forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand); therefore he sent two people to Jagannātha Purī to find out when the Lord would leave for Vṛndāvana.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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “distributed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this example balance support for devotees, care for family, and emergency needs?
Write down the three shares—fifty percent, twenty-five percent, and twenty-five percent—and label the purpose of each.
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