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1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
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4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 9.27 Antya 9.29

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.28

“কৌড়ি নাহি দিবে এই, বেড়ায় ছদ্ম করি’ ।

আজ্ঞা দেহ যদি, — ‘চাঙ্গে চড়াঞা লই কৌড়ি’ ॥ ২৮ ॥

“kauḍi nāhi dibe ei, beḍāya chadma kari’

ājñā deha yadi, — ‘cāṅge caḍāñā la-i kauḍi’

Translation

“ ‘This Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka,’ he said, ‘is unwilling to pay the money due. Instead, he is squandering it under some pretext. If you issue an order, I can put him on the cāṅga and thus realize the money.’

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accusation Becomes a Threat of Punishment

1
The prince claimed that Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was unwilling to pay the money due and was squandering it.
2
The preceding verse describes the prince as making false allegations.
3
He asked for an order to put Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka on the cāṅga, presenting this punishment as a means of collecting the money.

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

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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kauḍithe money
nāhi dibewill not pay
eithis man
beḍāyasquanders
chadma kari’on some pretext
ājñā deha yadiif you order
cāṅge caḍāñāraising on the cāṅga
la-i kauḍiI shall get the money

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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

When seeking to resolve a dispute, do I separate verified facts from accusations?

Practice

Review one unresolved complaint today and mark what you know firsthand and what remains unverified.

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