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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Madhya-līlā · Chapter 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth
Madhya 20.7Madhya 20.9

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.8

পাঁচ সহস্র মুদ্রা তুমি কর অঙ্গীকার ।

পুণ্য, অর্থ, — দুই লাভ হইবে তোমার ॥” ৮ ॥

pāṅca sahasra mudrā tumi kara aṅgīkāra

puṇya, artha, — dui lābha ha-ibe tomāra”

Translation

“Here are five thousand gold coins. Please accept them. By releasing me, you will receive the results of pious activities and gain material profit as well. Thus you will profit in two ways simultaneously.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sanātana Gosvāmī Presents a Twofold Benefit

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī offered the jailkeeper five thousand gold coins and asked him to accept them.

  2. 2

    He told the jailkeeper that releasing him would bring the results of pious activities.

  3. 3

    He also pointed to material profit, presenting the release as beneficial in two ways simultaneously.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Madhya 20: Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Instructs Sanātana Gosvāmī in the Science of the Absolute Truth

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

After giving the jailer seven thousand gold coins, Sanātana Gosvāmī was released. He then crossed the Ganges and fled.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. pāṅca sahasrafive thousand
  2. mudrāgolden coins
  3. tumiyou
  4. kara aṅgīkāraplease accept
  5. puṇyapious activity
  6. arthamaterial gain
  7. dui lābhatwo kinds of achievement
  8. ha-ibewill be
  9. tomārayours
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Key ideas in this 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”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What two kinds of benefit did Sanātana Gosvāmī place before the jailkeeper?

Practice

List the two benefits named in the translation, keeping pious results distinct from material profit.

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Śrīla Prabhupāda speaks

His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.

1 lecture given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.

Live this todaySanātana Gosvāmī Presents a Twofold BenefitThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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