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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 20.98
তবে সনাতন প্রভুর চরণে ধরিয়া ।
দৈন্য বিনতি করে দন্তে তৃণ লঞা ॥ ৯৮ ॥
tabe sanātana prabhura caraṇe dhariyā
dainya vinati kare dante tṛṇa lañā
Putting a straw in his mouth and bowing down, Sanātana Gosvāmī clasped the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and humbly spoke as follows.
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Sanātana Gosvāmī put a straw in his mouth and bowed down.
He clasped the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
In this humble posture, he began to speak 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 and his servant then spent the night in a small hotel on the way to Benares. The hotel owner knew that Sanātana Gosvāmī and his servant had eight gold coins, and he decided to kill them and take the money.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.
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “humble”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I bring more humility into the way I approach the Lord?
Offer a bow to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu before speaking a brief, humble prayer.
His recorded lectures on this verse, and the talks where he quotes it.
3 lectures given on it. Recordings and transcripts on prabhupada.io.
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