eka-dina loka Äsi' prabhure nivedila
gopÄ«nÄthere 'baá¸a jÄnÄ' cÄá¹…ge caá¸Äila
eka-dina - one day; loka - people; Äsi' - coming; prabhure - to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu; nivedila - informed; gopÄ«nÄthere - GopÄ«nÄtha Paá¹á¹anÄyaka; baá¸a jÄnÄ - the eldest son of King PratÄparudra; cÄá¹…ge caá¸Äila - was raised on the cÄá¹…ga.
One day people suddenly came to ÅšrÄ« Caitanya MahÄprabhu and informed Him, “GopÄ«nÄtha Paá¹á¹anÄyaka, the son of BhavÄnanda RÄya, has been condemned to death by the baá¸a-jÄnÄ, the eldest son of the King, and has been raised on the cÄá¹…ga.
The cÄá¹…ga 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, GopÄ«nÄtha Paá¹á¹anÄyaka had been condemned to death and had therefore been raised upon the cÄá¹…ga.
