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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.14
তলে খড়্গ পাতি’ তারে উপরে ডারিবে ।
প্রভু রক্ষা করেন যবে, তবে নিস্তারিবে ॥ ১৪ ॥
tale khaḍga pāti’ tāre upare ḍāribe
prabhu rakṣā karena yabe, tabe nistāribe
“The baḍa-jānā has placed swords beneath the platform,” they said, “and will throw Gopīnātha upon them. O Lord, only if You protect him will he be saved.
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The people said that the baḍa-jānā had placed swords beneath the platform.
They reported that Gopīnātha would be thrown upon those swords, making the danger immediate.
They appealed directly to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu: only if He protected Gopīnātha would he be saved.
Fear turned to relief. A threatened execution ends in rescue and restored possibility.
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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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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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