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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.54
তবে প্রভু তাঁর হাত ধরি’ লঞা গেলা ।
পিণ্ডার উপরে আপন-পাশে বসাইলা ॥ ৫৪ ॥
tabe prabhu tāṅra hāta dhari’ lañā gelā
piṇḍāra upare āpana-pāśe vasāilā
Catching his hand, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took Sanātana Gosvāmī inside and made him sit on an elevated place next to Him.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu caught Sanātana Gosvāmī’s hand.
The Lord personally took him inside.
He made Sanātana Gosvāmī sit on an elevated place next 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:
When Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī was imprisoned by Nawab Hussain Shah, he received news from Rūpa Gosvāmī that Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu had gone to Mathurā. Sanātana Gosvāmī thereafter satisfied the superintendent of the jail by sweet solicitations and bribery.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 do the Lord’s simple actions express care and honor toward Sanātana Gosvāmī?
Offer someone a seat today with attentive care and respect.
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