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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.27
“এই সাত সুবর্ণ মোহর আছিল আমার ।
ইহা লঞা ধর্ম দেখি’ পর্বত কর পার ॥ ২৭ ॥
“ei sāta suvarṇa mohara āchila āmāra
ihā lañā dharma dekhi’ parvata kara pāra
“I have these seven gold coins with me. Please accept them, and from a religious point of view please get me across that hilly tract of land.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī said that he had seven gold coins with him.
He asked the landlord to accept the coins.
He appealed to the landlord on religious grounds to help him cross the hilly tract of land.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī. On the way, Sanātana Gosvāmī met his brother-in-law, Śrīkānta, at Hājipura, and Śrīkānta helped him after he had heard about all Sanātana’s troubles.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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