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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.102

‘ছোট-হরিদাস’ নাম প্রভুর কীর্তনীয়া ।

তাহারে কহেন আচার্য ডাকিয়া আনিয়া ॥ ১০২ ॥

‘choṭa-haridāsa’ nāma prabhura kīrtanīyā

tāhāre kahena ācārya ḍākiyā āniyā

Translation

A devotee named Choṭa Haridāsa used to sing for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Bhagavān Ācārya called him to his home and spoke as follows.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

A Singer Receives Another Service

  1. 1

    Choṭa Haridāsa was a devotee who used to sing for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    Bhagavān Ācārya called him to his home to speak with him.

  3. 3

    In the following request, the singer was asked to help obtain rice for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s meal.

How it feels

Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.

The mood of Antya 2 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

A devotee named Bhagavān Ācārya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Ācārya, discoursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Māyāvāda).
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. choṭa-haridāsa nāmaa devotee named Choṭa Haridāsa
  2. prabhura kīrtanīyāa chanter of songs for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. tāhāreunto him
  4. kahenasays
  5. ācāryathe ācārya
  6. ḍākiyā āniyācalling him to his place
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Am I willing to help with a simple task beyond my usual service?

Practice

Offer to help with one small task in someone’s meal preparation today.

Live this todayA Singer Receives Another ServiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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