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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.146
রাত্রি অবশেষে প্রভুরে দণ্ডবৎ হঞা ।
প্রয়াগেতে গেল কারেহ কিছু না বলিয়া ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
rātri avaśeṣe prabhure daṇḍavat hañā
prayāgete gela kāreha kichu nā baliyā
Thus at the end of one night, Junior Haridāsa, after offering Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu his respectful obeisances, departed for Prayāga without saying anything to anyone.
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Junior Haridāsa departed at the end of one night.
Before leaving, he offered respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
He went to Prayāga without saying anything to anyone.
Sorrow and uncompromising discipline. Junior Haridāsa’s exclusion and death present an ethically painful episode.
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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”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Haridāsa’s offering of obeisances reveal about his continued regard for the Lord?
Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today.
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