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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.15
সবংশে তোমার সেবক — ভবানন্দ-রায় ।
তাঁর পুত্র — তোমার সেবকে রাখিতে যুয়ায় ॥ ১৫ ॥
savaṁśe tomāra sevaka — bhavānanda-rāya
tāṅra putra — tomāra sevake rākhite yuyāya
“Bhavānanda Rāya and his entire family are your servants. Therefore it is quite fitting for You to save the son of Bhavānanda Rāya.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The people described Bhavānanda Rāya and his entire family as servants of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
They appealed to the family’s relationship of service to the Lord.
On that basis, they said it was fitting for Him to save Bhavānanda Rāya’s son.
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.
Bhāva & rasa · The language of sacred feeling
Transcendental devotional moods and relationships, discussed explicitly in Rāmānanda’s dialogue and the teachings on prema. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “bhavānanda”, “relationship”
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: “servants”, “service”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does the people’s appeal reveal about how they understood this family’s relationship with the Lord?
Read the appeal slowly, pausing over the words “your servants” to reflect on a relationship of service to the Lord.
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