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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 20.81Madhya 20.83

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.82

সনাতনের বৈরাগ্যে প্রভুর আনন্দ অপার ।

ভোটকম্বল পানে প্রভু চাহে বারে বার ॥ ৮২ ॥

sanātanera vairāgye prabhura ānanda apāra

bhoṭa-kambala pāne prabhu cāhe bāre bāra

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt unlimited happiness to observe Sanātana Gosvāmī’s strict following of the principles of sannyāsa. However, He repeatedly glanced at the woolen blanket Sanātana Gosvāmī was wearing.

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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.

Careful Observance Pleases the Lord

  1. 1

    Sanātana Gosvāmī strictly followed the principles of sannyāsa.

  2. 2

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu felt unlimited happiness on seeing his strict observance.

  3. 3

    Yet the Lord repeatedly glanced at the woolen blanket Sanātana Gosvāmī was wearing.

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:

Sanātana Gosvāmī, however, asked his servant how much money he had, and taking seven of the gold coins, Sanātana offered them to the hotel owner. Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. sanātaneraof Sanātana Gosvāmī
  2. vairāgyeby the renunciation
  3. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. ānandahappiness
  5. apāraunlimited
  6. bhoṭa-kambalathe woolen blanket
  7. pānetowards
  8. prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  9. cāhelooks
  10. bāre bārarepeatedly
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How carefully do I follow the devotional commitments I have accepted?

Practice

Give careful attention to one devotional commitment today.

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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 todayCareful Observance Pleases the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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