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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 20.38Madhya 20.40

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.39

তিন লক্ষ মুদ্রা রাজা দিয়াছে তার স্থানে ।

ঘোড়া মূল্য লঞা পাঠায় পাৎসার স্থানে ॥ ৩৯ ॥

tina lakṣa mudrā rājā diyāche tāra sthāne

ghoḍā mūlya lañā pāṭhāya pātsāra sthāne

Translation

Śrīkānta had 300,000 gold coins with him, which had been given to him by the emperor for the purchase of horses. Thus Śrīkānta was buying horses and dispatching them to the emperor.

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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.

Using Entrusted Funds for Their Purpose

  1. 1

    Śrīkānta had 300,000 gold coins with him.

  2. 2

    The emperor had given him these coins for the purchase of horses.

  3. 3

    Śrīkānta was buying horses and dispatching them to the emperor.

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 following summary of this chapter is given by Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya. When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tina lakṣa300,000
  2. mudrāgolden coins
  3. rājāthe king or nawab
  4. diyāchehas given
  5. tāra sthānein his custody
  6. ghoḍāof horses
  7. mūlya lañātaking the price
  8. pāṭhāyasends
  9. pātsāra sthāneto the care of the emperor
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Are you using the resources entrusted to you for their intended purpose?

Practice

Check one entrusted resource and make sure you are using it for its assigned purpose.

Live this todayUsing Entrusted Funds for Their PurposeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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