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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.40
মোর শিরোমণি কত কত মহাশয় ।
তোমার লীলার সহায় কোটিভক্ত হয় ॥ ৪০ ॥
mora śiromaṇi kata kata mahāśaya
tomāra līlāra sahāya koṭi-bhakta haya
“My Lord, there are many respectable personalities, millions of devotees, who are fit to sit on my head. They are all helpful in Your pastimes.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa speaks of millions of devotees as respectable personalities.
He considers them fit to sit on his head, expressing his deep respect for them.
He recognizes that these devotees are all helpful in the Lord’s pastimes.
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: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you appreciate another devotee’s service without comparing it with your own?
Name one devotee whose service you appreciate, and express your respect in a short message or prayer.
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