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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 11.94
কৃপা করি’ কৃষ্ণ মোরে দিয়াছিলা সঙ্গ ।
স্বতন্ত্র কৃষ্ণের ইচ্ছা, — কৈলা সঙ্গ-ভঙ্গ ॥ ৯৪ ॥
kṛpā kari’ kṛṣṇa more diyāchilā saṅga
svatantra kṛṣṇera icchā, — kailā saṅga-bhaṅga
“Being merciful upon Me, Kṛṣṇa gave Me the association of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Being independent in His desires, He has now broken that association.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu described Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s association as a gift of Kṛṣṇa’s mercy.
He also acknowledged that Kṛṣṇa is independent in His desires.
He spoke of their separation by saying that Kṛṣṇa had now broken that association.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “merciful”, “mercy”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”
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.
How might seeing devotee association as mercy deepen your gratitude for it?
Take a moment to thank Kṛṣṇa for the association of a devotee you value.
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