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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.32
রাজ-বিলাত্ সাধি’ খায়, নাহি রাজ-ভয় ।
দারী-নাটুয়ারে দিয়া করে নানা ব্যয় ॥ ৩২ ॥
rāja-vilāt sādhi’ khāya, nāhi rāja-bhaya
dārī-nāṭuyāre diyā kare nānā vyaya
“Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka is in charge of collecting money on behalf of the government, but he misappropriates it. Not fearing the King, he squanders it to see dancing girls.
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Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was responsible for collecting money on behalf of the government.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said that he misappropriated that money.
Not fearing the King, he squandered it to see dancing girls instead of fulfilling his responsibility.
Fear turned to relief. A threatened execution ends in rescue and restored possibility.
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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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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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Am I careful to distinguish what is entrusted to me from what is mine to spend?
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