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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.157
আকার না দেখি, মাত্র শুনি তার গান ।’ স্বরূপ কহেন, — “এই মিথ্যা অনুমান ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
ākāra nā dekhi, mātra śuni tāra gāna’
svarūpa kahena, — “ei mithyā anumāna
“We cannot see his material form,” they said, “but still we hear his sweet singing. Therefore he must have become a ghost.”
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The devotees said that they could not see Haridāsa’s material form but could hear his sweet singing.
From this, they concluded that he must have become a ghost.
Svarūpa Dāmodara protested, “This is a false guess.” His correction rejects their conclusion without denying that they heard the singing.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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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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’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How readily do I accept correction when my conclusion is mistaken?
Review one conclusion you have drawn recently and ask whether the evidence truly supports it.
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