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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.89
ব্রহ্মস্ব-অধিক এই হয় রাজধন ।
তাহা হরি’ ভোগ করে মহাপাপী জন ॥ ৮৯ ॥
brahmasva-adhika ei haya rāja-dhana
tāhā hari’ bhoga kare mahā-pāpī jana
“ ‘The revenue of the government is more sacred than the property of a brāhmaṇa. One who misappropriates the government’s money and uses it to enjoy sense gratification is most sinful.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Government revenue is described as more sacred than the property of a brāhmaṇa.
Taking government money for personal sense gratification is condemned as most sinful.
Money entrusted for government purposes must not be treated as one's own enjoyment fund.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I treat money entrusted to me with the seriousness this verse teaches?
Check one use of money entrusted to you and make sure it serves its intended purpose.
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