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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 Antya 11.18
গোবিন্দ কহে, — ‘উঠ আসি’ করহ ভোজন’ ।
হরিদাস কহে, — আজি করিমু লঙ্ঘন ॥ ১৮ ॥
govinda kahe, — ‘uṭha āsi’ karaha bhojana’
haridāsa kahe, — āji karimu laṅghana
“Please rise and take your mahā-prasādam,” Govinda said.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Govinda asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura to rise and take his mahā-prasādam.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that he would observe fasting that day.
The exchange records Govinda’s invitation and Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s stated intention to fast.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
In this chapter it is described how Brahmā Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave up his body with the consent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to the sea. He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 11
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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.
What do you notice about the simple, direct exchange between Govinda and Haridāsa Ṭhākura?
Read this exchange slowly, giving attention to both the invitation and the reply.
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