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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.134
কাহাঁ চাঙ্গের উপর সেই মরণ-প্রমাদ ! কাঁহা ‘নেতধটী’ পুনঃ, — এসব প্রসাদ ! ১৩৪ ।। ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
kāhāṅ cāṅgera upara sei maraṇa-pramāda!
kāhāṅ ‘neta-dhaṭī’ punaḥ, — e-saba prasāda!
“I was lifted upon the cāṅga to be killed, but instead I was honored with this silken cloth. This is all Your mercy.
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Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka had been lifted upon the cāṅga to be killed.
Instead of being killed, he was honored with a silken cloth.
He attributed this remarkable change entirely to the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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 does Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka’s response shape your understanding of gratitude?
Recall one relief from difficulty and offer a simple prayer of thanks to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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