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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Ādi 17.245
সেইক্ষণে ধাঞা প্রভু গঙ্গাতে পড়িল ।
নিত্যানন্দ–হরিদাস ধরি’ উঠাইল ॥ ২৪৫ ॥
sei-kṣaṇe dhāñā prabhu gaṅgāte paḍila
nityānanda-haridāsa dhari’ uṭhāila
Immediately He ran to the river Ganges and jumped in to counteract the sinful activities of that woman. Lord Nityānanda and Haridāsa Ṭhākura caught Him and raised Him from the river.
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The Lord jumped into the Ganges to counteract the woman’s sinful activities. Lord Nityānanda and Haridāsa Ṭhākura caught Him and raised Him from the river.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu is God Himself, but He was playing the part of a preacher. Taking a Vaiṣṇava’s foot dust may benefit the person taking it, but it is not good for the person allowing it.
As far as possible, this practice should ordinarily be avoided; only initiated disciples should be allowed this advantage, not others. Those full of sinful activities should generally be avoided.
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:
Śrī Nityānanda occupies an ecstatic position of parental love in servitude and fraternal attraction. Śrī Advaita Prabhu exhibits the ecstasy of both fraternity and servitude.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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Why should a preacher consider more than the benefit received by someone taking foot dust?
Review the purport today and note its general caution and its exception for initiated disciples.
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