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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 9.99
পুরুষোত্তম-জানারে তেঁহ কৈল পরিহাস ।
সেই ‘জানা’ তারে দেখাইল মিথ্যা ত্রাস ॥ ৯৯ ॥
puruṣottama-jānāre teṅha kaila parihāsa
sei ‘jānā’ tāre dekhāila mithyā trāsa
“He sneered at Puruṣottama Jānā. Therefore the prince tried to scare him as a punishment.
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The King explained that Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka had sneered at Puruṣottama Jānā.
According to the King, the prince then tried to frighten him as punishment.
The King described the punishment as an attempt to scare him, though the surrounding account describes a threat to his life.
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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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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How might mocking words or an angry response deepen a conflict?
If you feel tempted to mock someone today, pause and express your concern respectfully instead.
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