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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.78
তবে মিশ্র পুরাতন এক ধুতি দিল ।
তেঁহো দুই বহির্বাস-কৌপীন করিল ॥ ৭৮ ॥
tabe miśra purātana eka dhuti dila
teṅho dui bahirvāsa-kaupīna karila
When Tapana Miśra gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a used dhotī, Sanātana immediately tore it into pieces to make two sets of outer cloth and underwear.
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Tapana Miśra gave Sanātana Gosvāmī a used dhotī.
Sanātana immediately tore the dhotī into pieces.
He used those pieces to make two sets of outer cloth and underwear.
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.
How could I make practical use of something I already have?
Find one used item at home that can still meet a practical need.
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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