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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.26
এবে অল্প সংখ্যা করি’ কর সঙ্কীর্তন ।” হরিদাস কহে, — “শুন মোর সত্য নিবেদন ॥ ২৬ ॥
ebe alpa saṅkhyā kari’ kara saṅkīrtana”
haridāsa kahe, — “śuna mora satya nivedana
The Lord concluded, “Now, therefore, please reduce the fixed number of times you chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.”
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The Lord asks Haridāsa Ṭhākura to reduce his fixed number of repetitions of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
His instruction concerns the number of times Haridāsa Ṭhākura chants, not an instruction to stop chanting.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura responds by asking the Lord to hear his real plea.
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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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”, “chants”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What sincere plea would you like to place before the Lord?
Take a quiet moment today to express one sincere prayer to the Lord.
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