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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.77
“মোরে বস্ত্র দিতে যদি তোমার হয় মন ।
নিজ পরিধান এক দেহ’ পুরাতন ॥” ৭৭ ॥
“more vastra dite yadi tomāra haya mana
nija paridhāna eka deha’ purātana”
“If you want to give me some cloth according to your desire, please give me an old cloth you have used.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana acknowledged the giver’s desire to offer him cloth.
He asked for an old cloth rather than a new one.
He specifically requested cloth that the giver had already used.
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.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Would I be content with a useful item that someone has already used?
Choose an older, usable piece of clothing to wear today.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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