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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.21
এত বলি’ অন্ন দিল করিয়া সম্মান ।
সনাতন আসি’ তবে কৈল নদীস্নান ॥ ২১ ॥
eta bali’ anna dila kariyā sammāna
sanātana āsi’ tabe kaila nadī-snāna
Saying this, the landlord offered Sanātana grain to cook. Sanātana then went to the riverside and took his bath.
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The landlord offered Sanātana grain to cook.
Sanātana then went to the riverside.
At the riverside, Sanātana took his bath.
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:
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. Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What simple acts of bodily care do you notice in this verse?
Make time today for a simple act of cleanliness, such as taking a bath.
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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