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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.24
প্রভু কহে, — “বৃদ্ধ হইলা ‘সংখ্যা’ অল্প কর ।
সিদ্ধ-দেহ তুমি, সাধনে আগ্রহ কেনে কর ? ২৪ ।। ॥ ২৪ ॥
prabhu kahe, — “vṛddha ha-ilā ‘saṅkhyā’ alpa kara
siddha-deha tumi, sādhane āgraha kene kara?
“Now that you have become old,” the Lord said, “you may reduce the number of rounds you chant daily. You are already liberated, and therefore you need not follow the regulative principles very strictly.
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The Lord allowed Haridāsa Ṭhākura to reduce his daily rounds because he had become old and was already liberated. This was not a general instruction to abandon strict practice.
Unless one has reached spontaneous love of God, one must follow the regulative principles. Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī were living examples of following them.
One must chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly enough to hear oneself and vow to chant a fixed number of rounds. Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī also vowed to offer obeisances to the Lord many times.
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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: “chant”, “haridāsa”
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “love”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can a fixed, audible chanting practice help you become more steady?
During your chanting today, make sure you can hear yourself, and give attention to keeping your fixed commitment.
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