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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.101

এই ত’ কহিলুঁ হরিদাসের বিজয় ।

যাহার শ্রবণে কৃষ্ণে দৃঢ়ভক্তি হয় ॥ ১০১ ॥

ei ta’ kahiluṅ haridāsera vijaya

yāhāra śravaṇe kṛṣṇe dṛḍha-bhakti haya

Translation

Thus I have spoken about the victorious passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Anyone who hears this narration will certainly fix his mind firmly in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Hearing Makes Devotional Service Firm

  1. 1

    The narration describes the victorious passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Anyone who hears it will certainly fix his mind firmly in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.

  2. 2

    The purport locates his tomb near the sea in Jagannātha Purī, along the way from the temple of Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha.

  3. 3

    Every year on Ananta-caturdaśī, a festival commemorates his passing away. The purport also records the establishment of Deities at that place.

Key points from the purport
  • At Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī, there is a temple of Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha.
  • Every year on the date of Ananta-caturdaśī there is a festival to commemorate the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
  • The management of the temple was under the Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha gosvāmīs.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.

The mood of Antya 11 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ei ta’thus
  2. kahiluṅI have spoken
  3. haridāseraof Haridāsa Ṭhākura
  4. vijayavictory
  5. yāhāra śravaṇeby hearing which
  6. kṛṣṇeunto Lord Kṛṣṇa
  7. dṛḍha-bhaktifirm devotional service
  8. hayabecomes
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “service”

  • 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”

  • Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts

    Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “festival”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can I hear this narration with greater attention to devotional service to Kṛṣṇa?

Practice

Read the account of Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s passing in this batch aloud, listening carefully to its promise of firm devotion.

Live this todayHearing Makes Devotional Service FirmThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.

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