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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 2.138

স্বরূপ-গোসাঞি কহে, “শুন, হরিদাস ।

সবে তোমার হিত বাঞ্ছি, করহ বিশ্বাস ॥ ১৩৮ ॥

svarūpa-gosāñi kahe, — “śuna, haridāsa

sabe tomāra hita vāñchi, karaha viśvāsa

Translation

Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi said, “Please hear us, Haridāsa, for we all wish you well. Please believe this.

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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.

Hear Those Who Wish You Well

  1. 1

    Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi asked Haridāsa to hear what the devotees had to say.

  2. 2

    He assured Haridāsa that they all wished him well.

  3. 3

    He asked Haridāsa to believe their goodwill. This reassurance came before their advice.

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:

In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them. When the Vaiṣṇavas of Bengal went to see Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, these incidents became known to Svarūpa Dāmodara and others.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. svarūpa-gosāñi kaheSvarūpa Dāmodara Gosāñi said
  2. śuna haridāsajust hear, Haridāsa
  3. sabeall of us
  4. tomāra hita vāñchiwish well for you
  5. karaha viśvāsajust believe it
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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 listen to people who sincerely wish me well?

Practice

Give your full attention today to one piece of advice from someone who cares about you.

Live this todayHear Those Who Wish You WellThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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