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How to study this verse, in six steps

1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
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 2.139 Antya 2.141

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.140

তুমি হঠ কৈলে তাঁর হঠ সে বাড়িবে ।

স্নান ভোজন কর, আপনে ক্রোধ যাবে ।।” ১৪০ ॥ ১৪০ ॥

tumi haṭha kaile tāṅra haṭha se bāḍibe

snāna bhojana kara, āpane krodha yābe”

Translation

“The Lord is persisting, and if you also persist, His persistence will increase. It is better for you to bathe and take prasādam. In due course, His anger will automatically subside.”

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Accept Care Instead of Persisting

1
Haridāsa was warned that his own persistence would increase the Lord’s persistence.
2
The devotees advised him to bathe and take prasādam. They offered simple, practical care.
3
They assured him that the Lord’s anger would subside in due course. Their advice was to stop persisting and allow time.

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

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.

tumi haṭha kaileif you go on persisting
tāṅraHis
haṭhapersistence
sethat
bāḍibewill increase
snāna bhojana karatake your bath and take prasādam
āpane krodha yābeautomatically His anger will subside

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”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I am distressed, can I accept simple care rather than stubbornly persist?

Practice

Set aside time today to bathe and, if available, take prasādam peacefully.

Live this todayAccept Care Instead of PersistingThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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