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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.87
তেঁহো কহে, — “রহস্য নহে, কহি সত্যবাণী ।
ভোট লহ, তুমি দেহ’ মোরে কাঁথাখানি ॥” ৮৭ ॥
teṅho kahe, — “rahasya nahe, kahi satya-vāṇī
bhoṭa laha, tumi deha’ more kāṅthā-khāni”
Sanātana said, “I am not joking; I am speaking the truth. Kindly take this blanket in exchange for your torn quilt.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Sanātana assured the mendicant that he was not joking.
He clearly stated that he was speaking the truth.
He kindly repeated his request to exchange the blanket for the 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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When someone doubts my words, can I clarify my intention kindly?
State one intention plainly and truthfully today, using gentle words.
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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