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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 9.30 Antya 9.32

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.31

শুনি’ প্রভু কহে কিছু করি’ প্রণয়-রোষ ।

“রাজ-কৌড়ি দিতে নারে, রাজার কিবা দোষ ? ৩১ ।। ॥ ৩১ ॥

śuni’ prabhu kahe kichu kari’ praṇaya-roṣa

“rāja-kauḍi dite nāre, rājāra kibā doṣa?

Translation

After hearing this explanation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied with affectionate anger. “Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka does not want to pay the King the money that is due,” the Lord said. “How then is the King at fault in punishing him?

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Affection Does Not Remove Responsibility

1
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the explanation and replied with affectionate anger.
2
He said that Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka did not want to pay the King the money due.
3
The Lord asked how the King was at fault in punishing him, directing attention to the unpaid obligation.

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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śuni’hearing
prabhu kaheŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said
kichusome
kari’ praṇaya-roṣadisplaying anger in affection
rāja-kauḍimoney due the government
dite nāredoes not wish to pay
rājāraof the King
kibā doṣawhat is the fault

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

Can I accept an affectionate correction that asks me to take responsibility?

Practice

Identify one obligation you have delayed and take a small step toward fulfilling it today.

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