# Remembrance of Krishna – Gopinath & Vaninath

[<mark style="color:red;">**\[9.1-9.153\]**</mark>](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/9/)

Gopinath Pattanayaka, the brother of Ramananda Raya, was facing the death penalty due to misappropriating government funds. Although everyone appealed to Sri Caitanya for help, He was unwilling to intervene in worldy affairs due to His being a *sannyasi*. Nevertheless, by the will of providence, Gopinath was in fact saved. When Sri Caitanya received the message, He inquired about the activities of the brothers while Gopinath was on the verge of death. The messenger replied that they were all chanting the holy name and absorbed in remembrance of Krishna. Sri Caitanya was extremely pleased, and even the brothers concluded that it was this remembrance which actually saved them [*\[60\]*](#user-content-fn-1)[^1]. They also understood, however, that the ultimate fortune was to attain detachment from the material world and pure devotion to the Lord, and that material protection was simply a side-benefit. Sri Caitanya instructed them to conduct their worldly affairs with full integrity and never make such financial mistakes again. He thus reiterated the principles of Bhagavad-Gita – '*do your duty perfectly, and simultaneously remember Krishna at all times'.*

[^1]: [Antya-Lila 9.135](https://vedabase.io/en/library/cc/antya/9/135/)


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