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  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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka
Antya 9.76Antya 9.78

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.77

তত্তেঽনুকম্পাং সুসমীক্ষমাণো ভুঞ্জান এবাত্মকৃতং বিপাকম্ ।

হৃদ্বাগ্বপুর্ভির্বিদধন্নমস্তে জীবেত যো মুক্তিপদে স দায়ভাক্ ॥ ৭৭ ॥

tat te ’nukampāṁ su-samīkṣamāṇo

bhuñjāna evātma-kṛtaṁ vipākam

hṛd-vāg-vapurbhir vidadhan namas te

jīveta yo mukti-pade sa dāya-bhāk

Translation

“ ‘One who seeks Your compassion and thus tolerates all kinds of adverse conditions due to the karma of his past deeds, who engages always in Your devotional service with his mind, words and body, and who always offers obeisances unto You is certainly a bona fide candidate for becoming Your unalloyed devotee.’

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Seek Compassion and Serve Through Adversity

  1. 1

    A devotee seeks the Lord’s compassion while tolerating adverse conditions due to the karma of past deeds.

  2. 2

    The devotee always serves with mind, words and body, and offers obeisances unto the Lord.

  3. 3

    Such a person is a bona fide candidate for becoming the Lord’s unalloyed devotee. The purport identifies this teaching as a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam.

Connected verses· 1

The purport of CC Antya 9.77 quotesSB 10.14.8

This is a verse from Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (10.14.8).

Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.

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. tattherefore
  2. teYour
  3. anukampāmcompassion
  4. su-samīkṣamāṇaḥhoping for
  5. bhuñjānaḥenduring
  6. evacertainly
  7. ātma-kṛtamdone by himself
  8. vipākamfruitive results
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “service”, “serves”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When difficulty comes, can I seek the Lord’s compassion while continuing to serve?

Practice

During one difficulty today, pause to ask for the Lord’s compassion and offer a respectful bow.

Live this todaySeek Compassion and Serve Through AdversityThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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