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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.199
কেহ—হরিদাস, সদা বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ।
জানি কার ঘরে ধন করিবেক চুরি ॥ ১৯৯ ॥
keha — haridāsa, sadā bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’
jāni kāra ghare dhana karibeka curi
“ ‘Some of them are called Haridāsa. They always chant “Hari, Hari,” and thus I thought they would steal the riches from someone’s house.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The speaker says that some of the Hindus are named Haridāsa and that they always chant “Hari, Hari.”
He thought their chanting meant they would steal riches from someone’s house.
The purport explains that another meaning of “Hari, Hari” is “I am stealing. I am stealing.”
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
Public courage and ecstatic joy. The saṅkīrtana movement confronts opposition and moves toward recognition and expansion.
The mood of Ādi 17 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Similarly, mother Yaśodā is the Queen of Vrajabhūmi, and in the pastimes of Lord Caitanya she is Śacīmātā. Therefore the son of Śacī is the son of Yaśodā.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Ādi 17
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Nāma-saṅkīrtana · The holy name shared together
Chanting the holy names as the yuga-dharma, the Lord’s public movement, and the opening prayer of Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “chant”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I sometimes judge someone’s words before understanding their intended meaning?
When someone’s words seem troubling today, ask what they mean before judging.
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