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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.139Madhya 20.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.140

ধন পাইলে যৈছে সুখভোগ ফল পায় ।

সুখভোগ হৈতে দুঃখ আপনি পলায় ॥ ১৪০ ॥

dhana pāile yaiche sukha-bhoga phala pāya

sukha-bhoga haite duḥkha āpani palāya

Translation

“When one actually becomes rich, he naturally enjoys all kinds of happiness. When one is actually in a happy mood, all distressful conditions go away by themselves. No extraneous endeavor is needed.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Happiness Naturally Removes Distress

  1. 1

    When one actually becomes rich, one naturally enjoys all kinds of happiness.

  2. 2

    When one is actually happy, distressful conditions go away by themselves.

  3. 3

    No extraneous endeavor is needed to remove those distressful conditions.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Making plans in this way, the hotel owner received them as honorable guests. Sanātana Gosvāmī, however, asked his servant how much money he had, and taking seven of the gold coins, Sanātana offered them to the hotel owner.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. dhana pāilewhen one gets riches
  2. yaichejust as
  3. sukha-bhogaenjoyment of happiness
  4. phalaresult
  5. pāyaone gets
  6. sukha-bhogareal enjoyment of happiness
  7. haitefrom
  8. duḥkhaall distresses
  9. āpanithemselves
  10. palāyarun away
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does this description suggest about happiness and the relief of distress?

Practice

Read the verse slowly today and write one sentence about why no extraneous endeavor is needed in its description.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

2 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayHappiness Naturally Removes DistressThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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