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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.19
‘ইহার ঠাঞি সুবর্ণের অষ্ট মোহর হয়’ ।
শুনি’ আনন্দিত ভূঞা সনাতনে কয় ॥ ১৯ ॥
‘iṅhāra ṭhāñi suvarṇera aṣṭa mohara haya’
śuni’ ānandita bhūñā sanātane kaya
The palmist said, “This man Sanātana possesses eight gold coins.” Hearing this, the landlord was very pleased and spoke the following to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The palmist said that Sanātana possessed eight gold coins.
The landlord was very pleased to hear this.
After hearing about the coins, the landlord spoke to Sanātana Gosvāmī.
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:
The following summary of this chapter is given by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā.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.
What does the landlord’s pleasure at hearing about the gold lead you to consider?
Notice today whether hearing about someone’s possessions changes your attitude toward them.
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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