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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.69
চন্দ্রশেখরেরে প্রভু কহে বোলাঞা ।
‘এই বেষ দূর কর, যাহ ইঁহারে লঞা’ ॥ ৬৯ ॥
candraśekharere prabhu kahe bolāñā
‘ei veṣa dūra kara, yāha iṅhāre lañā’
After this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called Candraśekhara and asked him to take Sanātana Gosvāmī with him. He also asked him to take away Sanātana’s present dress.
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu called Candraśekhara.
He asked Candraśekhara to take Sanātana Gosvāmī with him.
He also asked Candraśekhara to take away Sanātana’s present dress.
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:
The hotel owner knew that Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant had eight gold coins, and he decided to kill them and take the money. Making plans in this way, the hotel owner received them as honorable guests.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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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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