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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 2.146 Antya 2.148

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.147

প্রভুপদপ্রাপ্তি লাগি’ সঙ্কল্প করিল ।

ত্রিবেণী প্রবেশ করি’ প্রাণ ছাড়িল ॥ ১৪৭ ॥

prabhu-pada-prāpti lāgi’ saṅkalpa karila

triveṇī praveśa kari’ prāṇa chāḍila

Translation

Junior Haridāsa had conclusively decided to attain shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Thus he entered deep into the water at Triveṇī, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā at Prayāga, and in this way gave up his life.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Haridāsa’s Resolve and Death at Triveṇī

1
Junior Haridāsa had firmly resolved to attain shelter at the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
2
He entered deep water at Triveṇī, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā at Prayāga, and gave up his life.
3
This verse recounts Haridāsa’s resolve and death; it does not instruct the reader to repeat his action.

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:

One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide. In his spiritual body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard them.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

prabhu-padathe lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
prāpti lāgi’with a view to getting
saṅkalpa kariladecided definitely
tri-veṇī praveśa kari’entering into the water at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā at Prayāga
prāṇa chāḍilagive up his life

Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “shelter”, “lotus feet”
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”
Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana
The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “yamunā”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does seeking shelter at the Lord’s lotus feet mean to me?

Practice

Offer a brief prayer to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu expressing your wish for His shelter.

Live this todayHaridāsa’s Resolve and Death at TriveṇīThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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