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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.55
‘শ্রীকৃষ্ণচৈতন্য’ শব্দ বলেন বার বার ।
প্রভুমুখ-মাধুরী পিয়ে, নেত্রে জলধার ॥ ৫৫ ॥
‘śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanya’ śabda balena bāra bāra
prabhu-mukha-mādhurī piye, netre jala-dhāra
He began to chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya again and again. As he drank the sweetness of the face of the Lord, tears constantly glided down from his eyes.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanted the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya again and again.
As he chanted, he drank the sweetness of the Lord’s face.
Tears constantly flowed from his eyes as he looked upon the Lord.
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”, “holy name”, “chanted”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I give more attentive care to each repetition of the holy name?
Chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya for a few quiet moments, attending to each repetition.
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