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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.23
প্রভু কহে, — ‘কোন্ ব্যাধি, কহ ত’ নির্ণয় ?’ তেঁহো কহে, — ‘সংখ্যা-কীর্তন না পূরয়’ ॥ ২৩ ॥
prabhu kahe, — ‘kon vyādhi, kaha ta’ nirṇaya?’
teṅho kahe, — ‘saṅkhyā-kīrtana nā pūraya’
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu further inquired from Haridāsa, “Can you ascertain what your disease is?”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Haridāsa whether he could identify his disease.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that his disease was being unable to complete his rounds.
His answer placed the difficulty in his chanting at the center of his concern.
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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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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”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s answer teach you about how much he valued chanting?
Review your chanting today and identify one specific difficulty that needs attention.
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