Antya-līlā | Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmṛta Antya 9.31
śuni' prabhu kahe kichu kari' praṇaya-roṣa
"rāja-kauḍi dite nāre, rājāra kibā doṣa?
SYNONYMS
śuni' — hearing; prabhu kahe — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; kichu — some; kari' praṇaya-roṣa — displaying anger in affection; rāja-kauḍi — money due the government; dite nāre — does not wish to pay; rājāra — of the King; kibā doṣa — what is the fault.
TRANSLATION
After hearing this explanation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied with affectionate anger. "Gopīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka does not want to pay the King the money that is due," the Lord said. "How then is the King at fault in punishing him?
Copyright © The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, Founder Ācārya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness