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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.25
শুনি’ সনাতন তারে করিয়া ভর্ৎসন ।
‘সঙ্গে কেনে আনিয়াছ এই কাল-যম ?’ ২৫ ॥
śuni’ sanātana tāre karilā bhartsana
‘saṅge kene āniyācha ei kāla-yama?’
Hearing this, Sanātana Gosvāmī chastised his servant, saying, “Why have you brought this death knell with you?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī heard his servant’s reply.
He chastised his servant for bringing the coins.
Calling them a “death knell,” he treated their presence as a grave danger.
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:
When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā. Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery.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: “servant”, “servant’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can something valuable also become a source of danger?
Before carrying a valuable item today, consider whether you need it and whether carrying it creates a risk.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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