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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.31
সন্তুষ্ট হইলাঙ আমি, মোহর না লইব ।
পুণ্য লাগি’ পর্বত তোমা’ পার করি’ দিব ॥” ৩১ ॥
santuṣṭa ha-ilāṅa āmi, mohara nā la-iba
puṇya lāgi’ parvata tomā’ pāra kari’ diba”
“I am very satisfied with your behavior. I shall not accept these gold coins, but I shall get you across that hilly tract of land simply to perform a pious activity.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The landlord said he was very satisfied with Sanātana Gosvāmī’s behavior.
He said he would not accept the gold coins.
He offered to help him cross the hilly tract simply to perform a pious activity.
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 thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery. After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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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.
Can I help someone without expecting payment or a return favor?
Offer one small act of help today without asking for anything in return.
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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