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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.191
গৌড়ে রহি’ পাৎসাহা-আগে আরিন্দাগিরি করে ।
বার-লক্ষ মুদ্রা সেই পাৎসার ঠাঞি ভরে ॥ ১৯১ ॥
gauḍe rahi’ pātsāhā-āge ārindā-giri kare
bāra-lakṣa mudrā sei pātsāra ṭhāñi bhare
This Gopāla Cakravartī lived in Bengal. His duty as chief tax collector was to collect 1,200,000 coins to deposit in the treasury of the emperor.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gopāla Cakravartī lived in Bengal.
As chief tax collector, his duty was to collect 1,200,000 coins.
These coins were to be deposited in the emperor’s treasury.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya. Thereafter, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was received by two brothers known as Hiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra, but in the course of a discussion he was offended by a caste brāhmaṇa known as Gopāla Cakravartī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this description help me picture his official responsibility?
Recall the three details given here: where he lived, what he collected and where it was to go.
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