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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.91
নিজ-কৌড়ি মাগে, রাজা নাহি করে দণ্ড ।
রাজা — মহাধার্মিক, এই হয় পাপী ভণ্ড ! ৯১ ।। ॥ ৯১ ॥
nija-kauḍi māge, rājā nāhi kare daṇḍa
rājā — mahā-dhārmika, ei haya pāpī bhaṇḍa!
“ ‘The King wanted his revenue paid and did not want to enforce punishment. Therefore the King is certainly very religious. But Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka is a great cheat.
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The King wanted the revenue owed to him to be paid.
He did not want to enforce punishment, and he is therefore described as very religious.
Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, by contrast, is called a great cheat for withholding the revenue.
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.
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.
When someone owes me something, do I seek a fair resolution rather than punishment?
If you need to request repayment today, make the request calmly without threatening punishment.
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