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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 9.7Antya 9.9

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.8

মনুষ্যের বেশে দেব-গন্ধর্ব-কিন্নর ।

সপ্তপাতালের যত দৈত্য বিষধর ॥ ৮ ॥

manuṣyera veśe deva-gandharva-kinnara

sapta-pātālera yata daitya viṣadhara

Translation

The inhabitants of the seven higher planetary systems — including the demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras — and the inhabitants of the seven lower planetary systems [Pātālaloka], including the demons and serpentine living entities, all visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu in the dress of human beings.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Visitors from Higher and Lower Worlds

  1. 1

    Inhabitants of the seven higher planetary systems visited Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, including the demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras.

  2. 2

    Inhabitants of the seven lower planetary systems, called Pātālaloka, also came, including demons and serpentine living entities.

  3. 3

    All these visitors came in the dress of human beings.

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. manuṣyera veśein the dress of human beings
  2. deva-gandharva-kinnarathe demigods, the Gandharvas and the Kinnaras
  3. sapta-pātāleraof the seven lower planetary systems
  4. yataall kinds of
  5. daityademons
  6. viṣa-dharaserpentine living entities
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What strikes you about the variety of beings who came to visit Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu?

Practice

List the groups of visitors named in this verse, then pause to appreciate how widely they came to see Him.

Live this todayVisitors from Higher and Lower WorldsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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