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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.71
সেই বস্ত্র সনাতন না কৈল অঙ্গীকার ।
শুনিয়া প্রভুর মনে আনন্দ অপার ॥ ৭১ ॥
sei vastra sanātana nā kaila aṅgīkāra
śuniyā prabhura mane ānanda apāra
Candraśekhara offered a new set of garments to Sanātana Gosvāmī, but Sanātana did not accept them. When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard news of this, He became unlimitedly happy.
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Candraśekhara offered Sanātana Gosvāmī a new set of garments.
Sanātana Gosvāmī did not accept the new garments.
When Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this news, He became unlimitedly happy.
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What strikes you about Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s happiness at Sanātana Gosvāmī’s refusal?
Pause before acquiring a new item of clothing today and consider whether you need it.
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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