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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.27
হীন-জাতি জন্ম মোর নিন্দ্য-কলেবর ।
হীনকর্মে রত মুঞি অধম পামর ॥ ২৭ ॥
hīna-jāti janma mora nindya-kalevara
hīna-karme rata muñi adhama pāmara
“I was born in an inferior family, and my body is most abominable. I always engage in low work. Therefore, I am the lowest, most condemned of men.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura describes his own birth and body in deeply humble terms.
He speaks of his work as low and calls himself the lowest and most condemned of men.
These are Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s words about himself, spoken to the Lord who has praised his preaching of the holy name.
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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Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lowest”, “humble”
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”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do you respond inwardly when your service is praised?
When you receive praise today, pause before replying and avoid adding to it with self-praise.
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