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2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

Antya 11.103 Antya 11.105

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.104

আপনে শ্রীহস্তে কৃপায় তাঁরে বালু দিলা ।

আপনে প্রসাদ মাগি’ মহোৎসব কৈলা ॥ ১০৪ ॥

āpane śrī-haste kṛpāya tāṅre vālu dilā

āpane prasāda māgi’ mahotsava kailā

Translation

Out of His causeless mercy the Lord personally covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand and personally begged alms from the shopkeepers. Then He conducted a great festival to celebrate the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Lives touched by mercyHaridāsa Ṭhākura · step 4, Response: The Lord’s personal care

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Causeless Mercy Through Personal Service

1
Out of His causeless mercy, the Lord personally covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand.
2
He personally begged alms from the shopkeepers.
3
He then conducted a great festival to celebrate the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

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

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.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

āpanepersonally
śrī-hastewith His transcendental hands
kṛpāyaout of His causeless mercy
tāṅrehim
vālu dilācovered with sand
āpanepersonally
prasāda māgi’begging prasādam
mahotsava kailāperformed a great festival

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “mercy”
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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about the Lord personally carrying out these acts of care?

Practice

Offer one small act of practical help to a devotee today, remembering the Lord’s personal care.

Live this todayCauseless Mercy Through Personal ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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