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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 20.35
ঈশান কহে, — “এক মোহর আছে অবশেষ ।”
গোসাঞি কহে, — “মোহর লঞা যাহ’ তুমি দেশ ॥” ৩৫ ॥
īśāna kahe, — “eka mohara āche avaśeṣa”
gosāñi kahe, — “mohara lañā yāha’ tumi deśa”
Īśāna replied, “I still have one gold coin in my possession.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Īśāna replied that he still had one gold coin in his possession.
Sanātana Gosvāmī told him to take the coin.
Sanātana Gosvāmī also instructed him to return to his home.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
One of his servants, Īśāna, followed him, carrying eight gold coins. Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant then spent the night in a small hotel on the way to Benares.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 readily can you be open about what you still possess?
Make an honest account of the money currently in your possession.
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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