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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.55
এথা প্রভু সেই মনুষ্যেরে প্রশ্ন কৈল ।
“বাণীনাথ কি করে, যবে বান্ধিয়া আনিল ?” ৫৫ ।। ॥ ৫৫ ॥
ethā prabhu sei manuṣyere praśna kaila
“vāṇīnātha ki kare, yabe bāndhiyā ānila?”
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired from the messenger, “What was Vāṇīnātha doing when he was arrested and brought there?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the messenger about Vāṇīnātha.
He specifically asked what Vāṇīnātha had been doing when arrested and brought there.
The messenger’s answer in the next verse describes Vāṇīnātha’s fearless, incessant chanting.
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: “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What do I turn to when I face a distressing situation?
Take a moment today to reflect on your response to a recent difficulty and make time to chant.
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