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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.36
এই নীচ দেহ মোর পড়ুক তব আগে ।
এই বাঞ্ছা-সিদ্ধি মোর তোমাতেই লাগে ।।” ৩৬ ।। ॥ ৩৬ ॥
ei nīca deha mora paḍuka tava āge
ei vāñchā-siddhi mora tomātei lāge”
“Let this lowborn body fall down before You. You can make possible this perfection of all my desires.”
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Haridāsa humbly describes his body as lowborn.
He wishes for his body to fall before the Lord, completing his request to depart in His presence.
He tells the Lord that He can make this perfection of all his desires possible.
Sacred grief and gratitude. The Lord personally honors Haridāsa’s departure and leads the funeral observances.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Haridāsa’s request reveal about his deepest desire?
Write one sentence expressing your wish to remember the Lord, and offer it as a prayer.
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