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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.76
মিশ্র সনাতনে দিলা নূতন বসন ।
বস্ত্র নাহি নিলা, তেঁহো কৈল নিবেদন ॥ ৭৬ ॥
miśra sanātane dilā nūtana vasana
vastra nāhi nilā, teṅho kaila nivedana
When Tapana Miśra offered Sanātana Gosvāmī a new cloth, he did not accept it. Instead, he spoke as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Tapana Miśra offered Sanātana Gosvāmī a new cloth.
Sanātana Gosvāmī did not accept the new cloth.
Rather than accepting it, he spoke to Tapana Miśra.
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:
For his garment, he used an old cloth of Tapana Miśra’s. Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the verse.
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.
Do I feel I must accept every new item offered to me?
Pause before accepting a new item 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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