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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 25.205
আপনে রহে এক পৈসার চানা চাবাইয়া ।
আর পৈসা বাণিয়া-স্থানে রাখেন ধরিয়া ॥ ২০৫ ॥
āpane rahe eka paisāra cānā cābāiyā
āra paisā bāṇiyā-sthāne rākhena dhariyā
Earning his livelihood by selling dry wood, Subuddhi Rāya would live on only one paisa’s worth of fried chick-peas, and he would deposit whatever other paise he had with some merchant.
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Subuddhi Rāya lived on one paisa’s worth of fried chick-peas and deposited his remaining money with a merchant. Keeping surplus money with a merchant was the banking system of that time.
Saving money is not recommended for one in the renounced order, but saving for the service of the Lord or a Vaiṣṇava is accepted. Subuddhi Rāya, a confidential devotee of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, followed this principle.
Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī used fifty percent of his money to serve Kṛṣṇa through brāhmaṇas and Vaiṣṇavas, gave twenty-five percent to relatives, and deposited twenty-five percent with a merchant. Vaiṣṇavas in both the renounced and gṛhastha orders should follow the principles set forth by the previous ācāryas.
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Reconciliation and broad mercy. Opponents turn toward bhakti; the Lord returns to Purī and embraces devotees.
The mood of Madhya 25 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:
Kavirāja Gosvāmī then describes something about Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Subuddhi Rāya. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu returned to Jagannātha Purī through the great forest of Jhārikhaṇḍa (Jharkhand) in central India.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 25
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “service”, “serve”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How could your use of money more clearly support service to the Lord and Vaiṣṇavas?
Review one expense today and consider whether a small amount could instead be set aside for the service of the Lord or a Vaiṣṇava.
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