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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.132
‘এই স্থানে আছে ধন’ — যদি দক্ষিণে খুদিবে ।
‘ভীমরুল-বরুলী’ উঠিবে, ধন না পাইবে ॥ ১৩২ ॥
‘ei sthāne āche dhana’ — yadi dakṣiṇe khudibe
‘bhīmarula-barulī’ uṭhibe, dhana nā pāibe
“The astrologer said, ‘The treasure is in this place, but if you dig toward the southern side, the wasps and drones will rise, and you will not get your treasure.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The astrologer tells the man that the treasure is in that place.
He warns that digging toward the southern side will cause wasps and drones to rise.
If the man digs there, he will not obtain the treasure. The warning identifies a direction that will not lead to success.
Humility and restored identity. A seeker relinquishes status, asks fundamental questions, and receives sambandha knowledge.
The mood of Madhya 20 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:
Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī. On the way, Sanātana Gosvāmī met his brother-in-law, Śrīkānta, at Hājipura, and Śrīkānta helped him after he had heard about all Sanātana’s troubles.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I attentive to warnings about approaches that will not bring the desired result?
Before beginning a task today, pause to review any guidance about what to avoid.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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