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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.31Madhya 20.33

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.32

গোসাঞি কহে, — “কেহ দ্রব্য লইবে আমা মারি’ ।

আমার প্রাণ রক্ষা কর দ্রব্য অঙ্গীকরি’ ॥” ৩২ ॥

gosāñi kahe, — “keha dravya la-ibe āmā māri’

āmāra prāṇa rakṣā kara dravya aṅgīkari’ ”

Translation

Sanātana Gosvāmī replied, “If you do not accept these coins, someone else will kill me for them. It is better that you save me from the danger by accepting the coins.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Letting Go of Coins for Safety

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī asked the landlord to accept the coins despite his refusal.

  2. 2

    He explained that someone else would kill him for them if he kept them.

  3. 3

    He considered it better for the landlord to accept the coins and save him from that danger.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

The hotel owner knew that Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant had eight gold coins, and he decided to kill them and take the money. Making plans in this way, the hotel owner received them as honorable guests.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. gosāñi kaheSanātana Gosvāmī said
  2. kehasomeone else
  3. dravyathe valuable coins
  4. la-ibewill take
  5. āmā māri’killing me
  6. āmāramy
  7. prāṇalife
  8. rakṣā karasave
  9. dravya aṅgīkari’by accepting these coins
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Would I put my safety above keeping a valuable possession?

Practice

Identify one possession you would be willing to leave behind rather than risk your safety.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todayLetting Go of Coins for SafetyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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