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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 9.151Antya 9.153

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.152

যেই ইহাঁ শুনে প্রভুর বাৎসল্য-প্রকাশ ।

প্রেমভক্তি পায়, তাঁর বিপদ যায় নাশ ॥ ১৫২ ॥

yei ihāṅ śune prabhura vātsalya-prakāśa

prema-bhakti pāya, tāṅra vipada yāya nāśa

Translation

Whether or not one understands it, if one hears of this incident concerning the activities of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka and Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy upon him, certainly he will be promoted to the platform of ecstatic love for the Lord, and for him all dangers will be nullified.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing Causeless Mercy Awakens Ecstatic Love

  1. 1

    This incident concerns the activities of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s causeless mercy upon him.

  2. 2

    Whether or not one understands the incident, hearing it brings spiritual benefit. The verse promises promotion to the platform of ecstatic love for the Lord.

  3. 3

    For the person who hears this account, all dangers will be nullified. The conclusion emphasizes the power of hearing about the Lord’s causeless mercy.

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. yeione who
  2. ihāṅthis
  3. śunehears
  4. prabhuraof Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  5. vātsalya-prakāśamanifestation of special affection
  6. prema-bhaktiloving devotional service
  7. pāyaattains
  8. tāṅrahis
  9. vipadadangerous condition of life
  10. yāya nāśais destroyed
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • Prema · Love of Godhead

    The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “ecstatic love”

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can I hear this account attentively even while some of its meaning remains beyond me?

Practice

Read this account aloud today and listen attentively to its description of the Lord’s causeless mercy.

Live this todayHearing Causeless Mercy Awakens Ecstatic LoveThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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