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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.155
মনুষ্য না দেখে — মধুর গীতমাত্র শুনে ।
গোবিন্দাদি সবে মেলি’ কৈল অনুমানে ॥ ১৫৫ ॥
manuṣya nā dekhe — madhura gīta-mātra śune
govindādi sabe meli’ kaila anumāne
No one could see him, but they could hear him singing in a sweet voice. Therefore all the devotees, headed by Govinda, made this guess.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The devotees could not see Haridāsa.
They could nevertheless hear him singing in a sweet voice.
The devotees, headed by Govinda, offered a guess about his condition. The account distinguishes their experience from their explanation.
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
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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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.
Do I sometimes treat an explanation as certain when it is only a guess?
Write down one observation from today, then separately write any guess you made about it.
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