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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.89
প্রভু কহে, — ‘তোমার ভোটকম্বল কোথা গেল ?’
প্রভুপদে সব কথা গোসাঞি কহিল ॥ ৮৯ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘tomāra bhoṭa-kambala kothā gela?’
prabhu-pade saba kathā gosāñi kahila
When Sanātana Gosvāmī returned, the Lord asked, “Where is your woolen blanket?” Sanātana Gosvāmī then narrated the whole story to the Lord.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī returned to the Lord.
The Lord asked him, “Where is your woolen blanket?”
Sanātana Gosvāmī narrated the whole story to the Lord.
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:
Sanātana Gosvāmī, however, asked his servant how much money he had, and taking seven of the gold coins, Sanātana offered them to the hotel owner. Thus the owner helped them cross the hilly tract and proceed toward Vārāṇasī.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 asked about my actions, am I willing to give a full account?
When someone asks about something you have done today, explain it openly and clearly.
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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