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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.160
প্রয়াগ হইতে এক বৈষ্ণব নবদ্বীপে আইল ।
হরিদাসের বার্তা তেঁহো সবারে কহিল ॥ ১৬০ ॥
prayāga ha-ite eka vaiṣṇava navadvīpa āila
haridāsera vārtā teṅho sabāre kahila
A devotee returned to Navadvīpa from Prayāga and told everyone the details of Junior Haridāsa’s suicide.
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A devotee returned to Navadvīpa from Prayāga.
He told everyone the details of Junior Haridāsa’s suicide.
This report brought news of Haridāsa’s death to the devotees; the following verse describes their surprise.
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:
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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
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