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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.4
পত্রী পাঞা সনাতন আনন্দিত হৈলা ।
যবন-রক্ষক-পাশ কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ৪ ॥
patrī pāñā sanātana ānandita hailā
yavana-rakṣaka-pāśa kahite lāgilā
When Sanātana Gosvāmī received this note from Rūpa Gosvāmī, he became very pleased. He immediately went to the jail superintendent, who was a meat-eater, and spoke as follows.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī became very pleased when he received Rūpa Gosvāmī’s note.
He immediately went to the jail superintendent.
The superintendent was a meat-eater, and Sanātana Gosvāmī began speaking to him.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery. After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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What stands out to you about Sanātana Gosvāmī’s immediate response to the note?
Reread the translation and identify Sanātana Gosvāmī’s feeling and his next action.
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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