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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.14
তথাপি যবন-মন প্রসন্ন না দেখিলা ।
সাত-হাজার মুদ্রা তার আগে রাশি কৈলা ॥ ১৪ ॥
tathāpi yavana-mana prasanna nā dekhilā
sāta-hājāra mudrā tāra āge rāśi kailā
Sanātana Gosvāmī could see that the mind of the meat-eater was still not satisfied. He then stacked seven thousand gold coins before him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī could see that the meat-eater’s mind was still not satisfied.
He recognized that his words had not yet settled the matter.
He then stacked seven thousand gold coins before him.
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:
After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released. He then crossed the Ganges and fled.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.
Do I notice when another person remains unconvinced after I have spoken?
In one conversation today, pause to ask whether the other person still has a concern.
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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