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| Antya-līlā | Chapter 9: The Deliverance of Gopīnātha Pattanāyaka |
Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrī Caitanya Caritāmrita Antya 9.13
eka-dina loka āsi' prabhure nivedila
gopīnāthere 'bada jānā' cāńge cadāila
SYNONYMS
eka-dina — one day; loka — people; āsi' — coming; prabhure — to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; nivedila — informed; gopīnāthere — Gopīnātha Pattanāyaka; bada jānā — the eldest son of King Pratāparudra; cāńge cadāila — was raised on the cāńga.
TRANSLATION
One day people suddenly came to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and informed Him, "Gopīnātha Pattanāyaka, the son of Bhavānanda Rāya, has been condemned to death by the bada-jānā, the eldest son of the King, and has been raised on the cāńga.
PURPORT
The cāńga 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 Pattanāyaka had been condemned to death and had therefore been raised upon the cāńga.
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