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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.119
‘প্রভু যেন নাহি জানেন, — রাজা আমার লাগিয়া ।
দুইলক্ষ কাহন কৌড়ি দিলেক ছাড়িয়া ॥ ১১৯ ॥
‘prabhu yena nāhi jānena, — rājā āmāra lāgiyā
dui-lakṣa kāhana kauḍi dileka chāḍiyā
“The King said, ‘Speak to the Lord in such a way that He will not think, “For My sake the King has forfeited 200,000 kāhanas of kauḍis.”
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The King did not want Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu to think that the debt had been forgiven for His sake.
The kauḍi was a small conchshell used as currency. Four kauḍis made one gaṇḍā, twenty gaṇḍās one paṇa, and sixteen paṇas one kāhana.
Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka owed the government 200,000 kāhanas. The King absolved the debt, reappointed him to his post and doubled his salary.
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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
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.Back to this verse in Antya 9
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make my reasons for helping clear without implying that someone else owes me gratitude?
When offering help today, state your intention plainly without making another person feel indebted.
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