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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.7
পূর্বে আমি তোমার করিয়াছি উপকার ।
তুমি আমা ছাড়ি’ কর প্রত্যুপকার ॥ ৭ ॥
pūrve āmi tomāra kariyāchi upakāra
tumi āmā chāḍi’ kara pratyupakāra
Sanātana Gosvāmī continued, “Previously I have done much for you. Now I am in difficulty. Please return my goodwill by releasing me.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana Gosvāmī reminded the jailkeeper that he had previously done much for him.
He plainly stated that he was now in difficulty.
He asked the jailkeeper to return his goodwill by releasing 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 readily do you acknowledge your difficulties and ask for help?
If you are facing a difficulty today, make one clear, courteous request for help.
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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