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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.95
একক্ষণ প্রভুর যদি পাইয়ে দরশন ।
কোটিচিন্তামণি-লাভ নহে তার সম ॥ ৯৫ ॥
eka-kṣaṇa prabhura yadi pāiye daraśana
koṭi-cintāmaṇi-lābha nahe tāra sama
“If even for a moment I could get an interview with Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, I would not care for the profit of millions of cintāmaṇi stones.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The King longs for even a moment's interview with Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Compared with that meeting, he would not care for the profit of millions of cintāmaṇi stones.
His words place meeting the Lord far above immense material gain.
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.
How does the King's longing challenge my own measure of what is valuable?
Read the King's words slowly today and reflect for one minute on his longing to meet the Lord.
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