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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

Antya 9.111 Antya 9.113

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.112

প্রভুর ইচ্ছা নাহি, তারে কৌড়ি ছাড়াইবে ।

দ্বিগুণ বর্তন করি’ পুনঃ ‘বিষয়’ দিবে ॥ ১১২ ॥

prabhura icchā nāhi, tāre kauḍi chāḍāibe

dviguṇa vartana kari’ punaḥ ‘viṣaya’ dibe

Translation

It was not the desire of Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu that Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka be excused of his debt to the government, nor was it His desire that his salary be doubled or that he be reappointed collector at the same place.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Outward Benefits Were Not His Desire

1
Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not desire that Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka’s debt to the government be excused.
2
Nor did He desire that his salary be doubled or that he be reappointed collector.
3
Although these benefits occurred, the verse distinguishes them from what the Lord desired.

How it feels

Fear turned to relief. A threatened execution ends in rescue and restored possibility.

The mood of Antya 9 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

Śrīla Prabhupāda's summary of this chapter:

The ninth chapter is summarized as follows. Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, the son of Bhavānanda Rāya, was engaged in the service of the government, but he misappropriated some funds from the treasury. Therefore the baḍa-jānā, the eldest son of King Pratāparudra, ordered that he be punished by death. Thus Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was raised on the cāṅga to be killed, but by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he was delivered. Moreover, he was even promoted to a higher post.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhura icchāthe wish of the Lord
nāhiwas not
tāre kauḍi chāḍāibehe be excused from the dues
dvi-guṇatwice as much
vartana kari’increasing the salary
punaḥagain
viṣaya dibehe should be appointed to the post

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “gopīnātha”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I assume that a favorable material outcome must be what the Lord desired?

Practice

Review the three benefits named here and remind yourself that the verse does not present them as the Lord’s desire.

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