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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
Antya 2.134Antya 2.136

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.135

“তোমার যে ইচ্ছা, কর, স্বতন্ত্র ঈশ্বর ।

কেবা কি বলিতে পারে তোমার উপর ? ১৩৫ ।। লোক-হিত লাগি’ তোমার সব ব্যবহার ।

আমি সব না জানি গম্ভীর হৃদয় তোমার ।।” ১৩৬ ॥ ১৩৫ ॥

“tomāra ye icchā, kara, svatantra īśvara

kebā ki balite pāre tomāra upara?

Translation

Paramānanda Purī said, “My dear Lord Caitanya, You are the independent Personality of Godhead. You can do whatever You like. Who can say anything above You?

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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.

Lord Caitanya Is the Independent Godhead

  1. 1

    Paramānanda Purī addressed Lord Caitanya as the independent Personality of Godhead.

  2. 2

    He acknowledged that the Lord can do whatever He likes.

  3. 3

    His question, “Who can say anything above You?” expressed acceptance of the Lord’s supreme authority.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. tomāra ye icchāwhatever is Your desire
  2. karaYou can do
  3. svatantra īśvarathe independent Supreme Personality of Godhead
  4. kebāwho
  5. ki balite pārecan speak
  6. tomāra uparaabove You
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Do I approach Lord Caitanya with humility, recognizing His independence?

Practice

Reread Paramānanda Purī’s words and offer a brief prayer acknowledging Lord Caitanya’s supreme authority.

Live this todayLord Caitanya Is the Independent GodheadThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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