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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka
Antya 9.139Antya 9.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.140

প্রভু কহে, — সন্ন্যাসী যবে হইবা পঞ্চজন ।

কুটুম্ব-বাহুল্য তোমার কে করে ভরণ ? ১৪০ ।। ॥ ১৪০ ॥

prabhu kahe, — “sannyāsī yabe ha-ibā pañca-jana

kuṭumba-bāhulya tomāra ke kare bharaṇa?

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “If you all adopt the renounced order and lose interest in dealing with pounds, shillings and pence, who will take charge of maintaining your large family?

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Renunciation Must Consider Family Responsibilities

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asks who will maintain the large family if all the brothers adopt the renounced order.

  2. 2

    His question brings attention to the practical duty of family maintenance. Losing interest in money does not remove the family’s needs.

  3. 3

    In the following instruction, He affirms that the brothers remain His servants whether working or renounced. Maintaining the family need not mean abandoning service to Him.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu kaheLord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
  2. sannyāsīsannyāsīs
  3. yabewhen
  4. ha-ibāwill be
  5. pañca-janafive persons
  6. kuṭumba-bāhulyathe many members of the family
  7. tomārayour
  8. kewho
  9. kare bharaṇawill maintain
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”, “servants”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I honor my responsibilities while seeking freedom from attachment?

Practice

Complete one small task today that helps meet your family’s practical needs.

Live this todayRenunciation Must Consider Family ResponsibilitiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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