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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.38
সেই হাজিপুরে রহে — শ্রীকান্ত তার নাম ।
গোসাঞির ভগিনীপতি, করে রাজকাম ॥ ৩৮ ॥
sei hājipure rahe — śrīkānta tāra nāma
gosāñira bhaginī-pati, kare rāja-kāma
In Hājipura there was a gentlemen named Śrīkānta, who happened to be the husband of Sanātana Gosvāmī’s sister. He was engaged there in government service.
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A gentleman named Śrīkānta was in Hājipura.
Śrīkānta was the husband of Sanātana Gosvāmī’s sister.
He was engaged in government service there.
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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. Thus Sanātana Gosvāmī finally arrived at Vārāṇasī and stood before the door of Candraśekhara.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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