Antya-līlā

Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka

Verse 13 of 153
Cc Antya 9.13

একদিন লোক আসিঽ প্রভুরে নিবেদিল গোপীনাথেরে ঽবড জানাঽ চাংগে চডাইল

एकदिन लोक आसिऽ प्रभुरे निवेदिल गोपीनाथेरे ऽबड जानाऽ चांगे चडाइल

eka-dina loka āsi' prabhure nivedila gopīnāthere 'baḍa jānā' cāṅge caḍāila

Synonyms

eka-dinaone day; lokapeople; āsi'coming; prabhureto Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nivedilainformed; gopīnāthereGopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka; baḍa jānāthe eldest son of King Pratāparudra; cāṅge caḍāilawas raised on the cāṅga..

Translation

One day people suddenly came to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and informed Him, "Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka, the son of Bhavānanda Rāya, has been condemned to death by the baḍa-jānā, the eldest son of the King, and has been raised on the cāṅga.

Purport

The cāṅga was a device for killing a condemned person. It consisted of a raised platform on which the condemned was made to stand. Underneath the platform, there were stationary upright swords. The condemned man would be pushed down onto the swords, and in this way he would die. For some reason, Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka had been condemned to death and had therefore been raised upon the cāṅga.

Verse 13 of 153
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