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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.143
রাজার মূলধন দিয়া যে কিছু লভ্য হয় ।
সেই ধন করিহ নানা ধর্মে-কর্মে ব্যয় ॥ ১৪৩ ॥
rājāra mūla-dhana diyā ye kichu labhya haya
sei dhana kariha nānā dharme-karme vyaya
“First you should pay the revenue due the King, and then you may spend the balance for religious and fruitive activities.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructs that the revenue due the King must be paid first.
Only after that payment may the balance be spent for religious and fruitive activities. Such spending must come from what remains, not from the King’s share.
This instruction gives a clear order for handling money: fulfill the obligation before choosing other uses.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I treating money owed to others as available for my own plans?
Before making an optional purchase today, set aside the money needed for an existing financial obligation.
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