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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.131
শুনিয়া কহেন প্রভু, — “শুনহ, গোসাঞি ।
সব বৈষ্ণব লঞা তুমি রহ এই ঠাঞি ॥ ১৩১ ॥
śuniyā kahena prabhu, — “śunaha, gosāñi
saba vaiṣṇava lañā tumi raha ei ṭhāñi
Hearing this request, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu replied, “My dear lord, please hear Me. It is better for you to stay here with all the Vaiṣṇavas.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard the request on behalf of Junior Haridāsa.
He addressed Paramānanda Purī respectfully as “My dear lord” and asked him to listen.
He said it would be better for Paramānanda Purī to stay there with all the Vaiṣṇavas.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can I remain respectful when my response differs from what someone hopes to hear?
In one conversation today, use a respectful form of address and state your response calmly.
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