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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.137
কিন্তু তোমার স্মরণের নহে এই ‘মুখ্যফল’ ।
‘ফলাভাস’ এই, — যাতে ‘বিষয়’ চঞ্চল ॥ ১৩৭ ॥
kintu tomāra smaraṇera nahe ei ‘mukhya-phala’
‘phalābhāsa’ ei, — yāte ‘viṣaya’ cañcala
“However, my Lord, these are not the principal results of meditating upon Your lotus feet. Material opulence is very flickering. Therefore it is simply a glimpse of the result of Your mercy.
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Meditating upon the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu can bring the highest perfection of life. Material opulence is flickering and only a glimpse of His mercy.
Religion, material opulence, sense gratification and liberation are not the true results of devotional service. Its true result is the awakening of dormant love for Kṛṣṇa in every circumstance.
Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka understood that his material benefits were not the ultimate result of the Lord’s mercy. He therefore prayed for detachment from material opulence.
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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.
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”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
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 for krsna”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I measure devotional progress by material benefits or by growing love for Kṛṣṇa?
Spend a quiet minute meditating upon Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s lotus feet and praying for love for Kṛṣṇa rather than material gain.
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