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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.53
হরিদাস নিজাগ্রেতে প্রভুরে বসাইলা ।
নিজ-নেত্র — দুই ভৃঙ্গ — মুখপদ্মে দিলা ॥ ৫৩ ॥
haridāsa nijāgrete prabhure vasāilā
nija-netra — dui bhṛṅga — mukha-padme dilā
Haridāsa Ṭhākura made Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down in front of him, and then he fixed his eyes, like two bumblebees, on the lotus face of the Lord.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura had Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down in front of him.
He then fixed his eyes on the Lord’s lotus face.
His eyes are compared to two bumblebees, conveying his absorbed attention to the Lord’s face.
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.
What can I set aside briefly to give the Lord my undivided attention?
Set aside distractions for one minute and reflect on Haridāsa Ṭhākura gazing at the Lord’s lotus face.
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