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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.97
মিশ্র কহে, “কৌড়ি ছাড়িবা, — নহে প্রভুর মন ।
তারা দুঃখ পায়, — এই না যায় সহন ।।” ৯৭ ।। ॥ ৯৭ ॥
miśra kahe, “kauḍi chāḍibā, — nahe prabhura mana
tārā duḥkha pāya, — ei nā yāya sahana”
Kāśī Miśra hinted to the King, “It is not the Lord’s desire that you forfeit the payment. He is unhappy only because the whole family is troubled.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Kāśī Miśra explained that the Lord did not desire the King to forfeit the payment.
The Lord was unhappy because the whole family was troubled.
Kāśī Miśra distinguished the Lord’s concern for the family from a request to cancel the debt.
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 can I better understand someone’s concern before assuming what they want?
In one conversation today, ask what is troubling the other person before suggesting a solution.
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