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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
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.83

সনাতন জানিল এই প্রভুরে না ভায় ।

ভোট ত্যাগ করিবারে চিন্তিলা উপায় ॥ ৮৩ ॥

sanātana jānila ei prabhure nā bhāya

bhoṭa tyāga karibāre cintilā upāya

Translation

Because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was repeatedly glancing at this valuable woolen blanket, Sanātana Gosvāmī could understand that the Lord did not approve of it. He then began to consider a way to give it up.

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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.

Responding to the Lord’s Disapproval

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu repeatedly glanced at the valuable woolen blanket.

  2. 2

    Sanātana Gosvāmī understood that the Lord did not approve of it.

  3. 3

    He began considering a way to give up the blanket.

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:

Later, he exchanged his valuable blanket for a torn quilt. At this time Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very pleased with him, and thus Śrī Sanātana Gosvāmī received knowledge of the Absolute Truth from the Lord Himself.
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. sanātana jānilaSanātana Gosvāmī could understand
  2. eithis
  3. prabhureby Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  4. nā bhāyais not approved
  5. bhoṭathe woolen blanket
  6. tyāgagiving up
  7. karibāreto do
  8. cintilāconsidered
  9. upāyaa means
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to reconsider something I value when it does not please the Lord?

Practice

Identify one possession you could do without, and consider a practical way to give it up.

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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 todayResponding to the Lord’s DisapprovalThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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