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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.51

তবে হরিচন্দন আসি’ জানারে কহিল ।

চাঙ্গে হৈতে গোপীনাথে শীঘ্র নামাইল ॥ ৫১ ॥

tabe haricandana āsi’ jānāre kahila

cāṅge haite gopīnāthe śīghra nāmāila

Translation

Haricandana then returned and informed the prince of the King’s desire, and immediately Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was taken down from the cāṅga.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Clear Communication Brings Immediate Relief

  1. 1

    Haricandana returned and informed the prince of the King’s desire.

  2. 2

    The prince received the instruction that payment, not death, was wanted.

  3. 3

    Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka was immediately taken down from the cāṅga.

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

Further reading

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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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tabeat that time
  2. haricandanaHaricandana Pātra
  3. āsi’coming
  4. jānāre kahilainformed the prince
  5. cāṅge haitefrom the cāṅga platform
  6. gopīnātheGopīnātha
  7. śīghravery soon
  8. nāmāilatook down
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

  • 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

Is there an important message I could convey promptly to help resolve someone’s difficulty?

Practice

Pass along one needed clarification today without unnecessary delay.

Live this todayClear Communication Brings Immediate ReliefThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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