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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.232
পদ্মনাভ — শঙ্খপদ্মচক্রগদাকর ।
দামোদর — পদ্মচক্রগদাশঙ্খধর ॥ ২৩২ ॥
padmanābha — śaṅkha-padma-cakra-gadā-kara
dāmodara — padma-cakra-gadā-śaṅkha-dhara
“Lord Padmanābha holds the conch, lotus, disc and club. Lord Dāmodara holds the lotus, disc, club and conch.
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Lord Padmanābha holds the conch, lotus, disc and club.
Lord Dāmodara holds the lotus, disc, club and conch.
The conch begins Padmanābha’s list and ends Dāmodara’s list.
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:
For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s. Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does noticing the conch help me distinguish these descriptions?
Read both descriptions today, then try to recall each list without looking.
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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