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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.48
যথার্থ মূল্যে ঘোড়া লহ, যেবা বাকী হয় ।
ক্রমে ক্রমে দিবে, ব্যর্থ প্রাণ কেনে লয় ।।” ৪৮ ।। ॥ ৪৮ ॥
yathārtha mūlye ghoḍā laha, yebā bākī haya
krame krame dibe, vyartha prāṇa kene laya”
“It would be better to take the horses for a proper price and let him gradually repay the balance. Why are you killing him unnecessarily?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haricandana Pātra proposed taking the horses for a proper price.
He suggested allowing Gopīnātha to repay the remaining balance gradually.
This offered a way to recover the debt without killing him unnecessarily.
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.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “haricandana”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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.
Can I allow a fair, gradual way for someone to fulfill an obligation?
For one unresolved obligation, write down a fair next step and a realistic schedule for completing it.
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