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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.59
হরিদাসের তনু প্রভু কোলে লৈলা উঠাঞা ।
অঙ্গনে নাচেন প্রভু প্রেমাবিষ্ট হঞা ॥ ৫৯ ॥
haridāsera tanu prabhu kole laila uṭhāñā
aṅgane nācena prabhu premāviṣṭa hañā
The Lord raised the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and placed it on His lap. Then He began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.
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The Lord personally raised the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
He placed Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s body on His lap.
Then He began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.
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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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Prema · Love of Godhead
The culminating devotional purpose that unites the narration: bestowed, cultivated, taught, celebrated, and tasted. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “ecstatic love”
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 do the Lord’s actions show you about His love for Haridāsa Ṭhākura?
Take a quiet moment to remember the Lord placing Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s body on His lap.
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