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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.26
তবে সেই সাত মোহর হস্তেতে করিয়া ।
ভূঞার কাছে যাঞা কহে মোহর ধরিয়া ॥ ২৬ ॥
tabe sei sāta mohara hastete kariyā
bhūñāra kāche yāñā kahe mohara dhariyā
Thereupon, Sanātana Gosvāmī took the seven gold coins in his hands and went to the landlord. Holding the gold coins before him, he spoke as follows.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī took the seven gold coins in his hands.
He went to the landlord with the coins.
Holding the coins before the landlord, he began to speak.
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:
After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released. He then crossed the Ganges and fled.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.
How can I approach a needed conversation more openly?
Begin one needed conversation today by clearly stating what you have to offer.
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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