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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.86
সেই কহে, — “রহস্য কর প্রামাণিক হঞা ?
বহুমূল্য ভোট দিবা কেন কাঁথা লঞা ?” ৮৬ ॥
sei kahe, — “rahasya kara prāmāṇika hañā?
bahu-mūlya bhoṭa dibā kena kāṅthā lañā?”
The mendicant replied, “Sir, you are a respectable gentleman. Why are you joking with me? Why would you trade your valuable blanket for my torn quilt?”
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The mendicant addressed Sanātana Gosvāmī as a respectable gentleman.
He wondered whether Sanātana Gosvāmī was joking with him.
He could not understand why someone would exchange a valuable blanket for his torn 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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when an offer seems difficult to believe?
If an offer or request puzzles you today, ask a respectful question before drawing a conclusion.
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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