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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.84
এত চিন্তি’ গেলা গঙ্গায় মধ্যাহ্ন করিতে ।
এক গৌড়িয়া কান্থা ধুঞা দিয়াছে শুকাইতে ॥ ৮৪ ॥
eta cinti’ gelā gaṅgāya madhyāhna karite
eka gauḍiyā kānthā dhuñā diyāche śukāite
Thinking in this way, Sanātana went to the bank of the Ganges to bathe. While there, he saw that a mendicant from Bengal had washed his quilt and spread it out to dry.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana went to the bank of the Ganges to bathe.
There he saw a mendicant from Bengal.
The mendicant had washed his quilt and spread it out to dry.
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:
He then crossed the Ganges and fled. One of his servants, Īśāna, followed him, carrying eight gold coins.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 20
Learn the words of the 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: “washed”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I notice the simple belongings and daily activities of people around me?
Take a moment today to notice how someone cares for an everyday belonging.
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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