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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.25
লোক নিস্তারিতে এই তোমার ‘অবতার’ ।
নামের মহিমা লোকে করিলা প্রচার ॥ ২৫ ॥
loka nistārite ei tomāra ‘avatāra’
nāmera mahimā loke karilā pracāra
“Your role in this incarnation is to deliver the people in general. You have sufficiently preached the glories of the holy name in this world.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura is known as nāmācārya because he preached the glories of chanting hari-nāma, the holy name of God.
By referring to his incarnation, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirms that Haridāsa Ṭhākura is an incarnation of Lord Brahmā.
The Supreme Lord incarnates by His own will. By His will, advanced devotees also incarnate to help in His mission.
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: “holy name”, “chanting”, “haridāsa”
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: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can you help others appreciate the glories of the holy name?
Spend a few attentive minutes chanting the holy name, remembering Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s service.
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