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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.131
ভক্তবাৎসল্য এবে প্রকট করিলা ।
পূর্বে যেন পঞ্চপাণ্ডবে বিপদে তারিলা ।।” ১৩১ ।। ॥ ১৩১ ॥
bhakta-vātsalya ebe prakaṭa karilā
pūrve yena pañca-pāṇḍave vipade tārilā”
“You have now demonstrated Your love for Your devotees, just as when You previously saved the five Pāṇḍavas from great danger.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Bhavānanda Rāya sees the family’s rescue as a demonstration of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s love for His devotees.
He compares this rescue to the earlier saving of the five Pāṇḍavas from great danger.
By saying, “You previously saved,” he addresses Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as the same Lord who protected the Pāṇḍavas.
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.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhavānanda”
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What does Bhavānanda Rāya’s gratitude teach you about recognizing the Lord’s love?
Read this verse slowly and offer a brief prayer of gratitude for the Lord’s care.
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