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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.36
তারে বিদায় দিয়া গোসাঞি চলিলা একলা ।
হাতে করোঁয়া, ছিঁড়া কান্থা, নির্ভয় হইলা ॥ ৩৬ ॥
tāre vidāya diyā gosāñi calilā ekalā
hāte karoṅyā, chiṅḍā kānthā, nirbhaya ha-ilā
After departing from Īśāna, Sanātana Gosvāmī began traveling alone with a waterpot in his hand. Simply covered with a torn quilt, he thus lost all his anxiety.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
After departing from Īśāna, Sanātana Gosvāmī began traveling alone.
He carried a waterpot in his hand and was covered simply with a torn quilt.
In this condition, he lost all his anxiety.
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.
What does Sanātana Gosvāmī’s freedom from anxiety invite you to consider about simplicity?
Set aside one unnecessary item today and notice whether this brings any relief.
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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