200 Sri Caitanya-caritamrta (Antya-lila, Ch. 9

TRANSLATION

Indeed, when all the devotees had requested the Lord to bestow His mercy
upon Gopinatha Pattanayaka, the Lord had replied that He could do nothing.

PURPORT

When a person is sinful, he loses both the chance for spiritual advancement and
the chance for materia! opulence. If one enjoys the material world for sense grati-
fication, he is certainly doomed. Advancement in material opulence is not the
direct mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead; nevertheless, it indicates
the indirect mercy of the Lord, for even a person too attached to material
prosperity can gradually be detached and raised to the spiritual platform. Then he
can offer causeless, purified service to the Lord. When Sri Caitanya said,’ amd haite
kichu nahe (“It is not My business to do anything”), He set the ideal example for a
person in the renounced order. If a sannydasi takes the side of a visayi, a person
engaged in material activities, his character will be criticized. A person in the
renounced order should not take interest in material activities, but if he does so
out of affection for a particular person, that should be considered his special
mercy.

TEXT 149
cot Aaces fora, oa wate facee |
kata se Sara aw gfaca COM I 38> I

gopinathera ninda, dra dpana-nirveda
ei-matra kahila——ihdra nd bujhibe bheda

SYNONYMS

gopinathera ninda—the chastisement of Gopinatha Pattanayaka; dra—and;
apana-nirveda—His indifference; ei—this; matra—simply; kahila—l have de-
scribed; ihara—of this; nd bujhibe bheda—one cannot understand the depth of
meaning.

TRANSLATION

I have simply described the chastisement of Gopinatha Pattanayaka and Sri
Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s indifference. But the deep meaning of this behavior is
very difficult to understand.

TEXT 150

Srhacal a afar, terres ay afer
Bycait fae aataig we wer fret n seo |
