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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.85
তারে কহে, — “ওরে ভাই, কর উপকারে ।
এই ভোট লঞা এই কাঁথা দেহ’ মোরে ॥” ৮৫ ॥
tāre kahe, — “ore bhāi, kara upakāre
ei bhoṭa lañā ei kāṅthā deha’ more”
Sanātana Gosvāmī then told the Bengali mendicant, “My dear brother, please do me a favor. Trade me your quilt for this woolen blanket.”
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Sanātana Gosvāmī addressed the Bengali mendicant as “My dear brother.”
He asked the mendicant to do him a favor.
His request was to trade his woolen blanket for the mendicant’s quilt.
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:
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
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Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “favor”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I ask for help with the warmth and humility shown here?
Make one request today with kind words and respect for the other person.
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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