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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 2.160 Antya 2.162

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.161

যৈছে সংকল্প, যৈছে ত্রিবেণী প্রবেশিল ।

শুনি’ শ্রীবাসাদির মনে বিস্ময় হইল ॥ ১৬১ ॥

yaiche saṅkalpa, yaiche triveṇī praveśila

śuni’, śrīvāsādira mane vismaya ha-ila

Translation

He explained how Junior Haridāsa had made his resolution and had thus entered the waters at the confluence of the Yamunā and Ganges. Hearing these details, Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and the other devotees were very surprised.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Devotees Hear With Surprise

1
The returning devotee explained that Junior Haridāsa had made a resolution.
2
He reported that Haridāsa had entered the waters at the confluence of the Yamunā and Ganges.
3
Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and the other devotees were very surprised when they heard these details.

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.

yaiche saṅkalpahow he was determined
yaichehow
triveṇī praveśilahe entered into Triveṇī
śuni’hearing
śrīvāsa-ādiraof Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura and others
manein the minds
vismaya ha-ilathere was surprise

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”
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

How does the devotees’ surprise shape your reading of this difficult event?

Practice

Pause after reading and name the reaction the verse explicitly attributes to the devotees.

Live this todayThe Devotees Hear With SurpriseThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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