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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 9.95Antya 9.97

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.96

কোন্ ছার পদার্থ এই দুইলক্ষ কাহন ? প্রাণ-রাজ্য করোঁ প্রভুপদে নির্মঞ্ছন ।।” ৯৬ ।। ॥ ৯৬ ॥

kon chāra padārtha ei dui-lakṣa kāhana?

prāṇa-rājya karoṅ prabhu-pade nirmañchana”

Translation

“I do not care about this small sum of 200,000 kāhanas. What to speak of this, I would indeed sacrifice everything at the lotus feet of the Lord, including my life and kingdom.”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Offer Everything at the Lord's Lotus Feet

  1. 1

    The King regards 200,000 kāhanas as a small sum that does not concern him.

  2. 2

    His willingness to sacrifice goes far beyond giving up that money.

  3. 3

    He declares that he would offer everything at the Lord's lotus feet, including his life and kingdom.

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. konwhat
  2. chāralittle
  3. padārthamatter
  4. eithis
  5. dui-lakṣa kāhana200,000 kāhanas
  6. prāṇalife
  7. rājyakingdom
  8. karoṅI do
  9. prabhu-padethe lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  10. nirmañchanasacrificing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter

    Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “lotus feet”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What attachment makes it difficult for me to cultivate the King's spirit of offering?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer expressing your wish to place what you have at the Lord's lotus feet.

Live this todayOffer Everything at the Lord's Lotus FeetThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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