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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.40
পাঁচগণ্ডার পাত্র হয় সন্ন্যাসী ব্রাহ্মণ ।
মাগিলে বা কেনে দিবে দুইলক্ষ কাহন ?” ৪০ ।। ॥ ৪০ ॥
pāṅca-gaṇḍāra pātra haya sannyāsī brāhmaṇa
māgile vā kene dibe dui-lakṣa kāhana?”
“Of course, a sannyāsī or brāhmaṇa may beg for up to five gaṇḍās, but why should he be granted the inappropriate sum of 200,000 kāhanas of conchshells?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu acknowledged that a sannyāsī or brāhmaṇa may beg for up to five gaṇḍās.
He contrasted this allowance with the sum of 200,000 kāhanas of conchshells.
He called that larger sum inappropriate and questioned why it should be granted.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Is the help I ask for proportionate and appropriate?
Review one request for material help today and keep it within a modest, appropriate limit.
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