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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.29
রাজা বলে, — “যেই ভাল, সেই কর যায় ।
যে উপায়ে কৌড়ি পাই, কর সে উপায় ।।” ২৯ ।। ॥ ২৯ ॥
rājā bale, — “yei bhāla, sei kara yāya
ye upāye kauḍi pāi, kara se upāya”
“The King replied, ‘You can adopt whatever means you think best. Any device by which you can somehow or other realize the money is all right.’
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The King allowed the prince to adopt whatever means he thought best.
His stated concern was that the money should be recovered.
He set no limits in this reply; the following verse describes the prince placing Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka in danger.
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.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When giving someone permission to act, do I consider the means as well as the result?
When making one request today, clarify a reasonable limit on how it should be carried out.
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