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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 2.152Antya 2.155

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 2.153-154

একদিন জগদানন্দ, স্বরূপ, গোবিন্দ ।

কাশীশ্বর, শঙ্কর, দামোদর, মুকুন্দ ॥ ১৫৩ ॥

eka-dina jagadānanda, svarūpa, govinda

kāśīśvara, śaṅkara, dāmodara, mukunda

Translation

One day Jagadānanda, Svarūpa, Govinda, Kāśīśvara, Śaṅkara, Dāmodara and Mukunda all went to bathe in the sea. They could hear Haridāsa singing from a distant place as if calling them in his original voice.

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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.

The Devotees Hear Haridāsa’s Familiar Voice

  1. 1

    Jagadānanda, Svarūpa, Govinda, Kāśīśvara, Śaṅkara, Dāmodara and Mukunda went to bathe in the sea.

  2. 2

    They heard Haridāsa singing from a distant place.

  3. 3

    The singing was in his original voice, as if he were calling them.

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. eka-dinaone day
  2. jagadānandaJagadānanda
  3. svarūpaSvarūpa
  4. govindaGovinda
  5. kāśīśvaraKāśīśvara
  6. śaṅkaraŚaṅkara
  7. dāmodaraDāmodara
  8. mukundaMukunda
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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

What details make this encounter striking to me?

Practice

Read these verses slowly, noticing the place, the distance and the familiar voice.

Live this todayThe Devotees Hear Haridāsa’s Familiar VoiceThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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