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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.53
‘ক্রমে ক্রমে দিমু, আর যত কিছু পারি ।
অবিচারে প্রাণ লহ, — কি বলিতে পারি ?’ ৫৩ ॥ ৫৩ ॥
‘krame krame dimu, āra yata kichu pāri
avicāre prāṇa laha, — ki balite pāri?’
“I shall gradually pay the balance as I can. Without consideration, however, you were going to take my life. What can I say?”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka promised to pay the remaining balance gradually.
He said he would make payments as he was able.
He protested that his life had nearly been taken without consideration.
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.
Audārya · Love that moves outward
The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “without consideration”
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.
Do I consider a person’s ability to fulfill an obligation before pressing a demand?
For one obligation you cannot complete at once, write down a realistic first step.
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