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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.144
অসদ্ব্যয় না করিহ, — যাতে দুইলোক যায় ।” এত বলি’ সবাকারে দিলেন বিদায় ॥ ১৪৪ ॥
asad-vyaya nā kariha, — yāte dui-loka yāya”
eta bali’ sabākāre dilena vidāya
“Don’t spend a farthing for sinful activities, for which you will be the loser both in this life and the next.” After saying this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade them farewell.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu warns them not to spend even a farthing for sinful activities. The instruction applies even to very small amounts.
He explains that such spending makes one the loser both in this life and the next. Its consequences are not limited to immediate financial loss.
After giving this warning, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bids them farewell. His closing instruction emphasizes care in how money is used.
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.
Is any of my spending supporting activities I know to be sinful?
Review one planned expense today and cancel it if it supports an activity you know to be sinful.
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