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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.164
তবে শ্রীবাস তার বৃত্তান্ত কহিল ।
যৈছে সংকল্প, যৈছে ত্রিবেণী প্রবেশিল ॥ ১৬৪ ॥
tabe śrīvāsa tāra vṛttānta kahila
yaiche saṅkalpa, yaiche triveṇī praveśila
Then Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura related the details of Haridāsa’s decision and his entering the waters at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā.
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Śrīvāsa Ṭhākura then related the details of Haridāsa’s decision.
He described Haridāsa’s entering the waters at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā.
In the surrounding exchange, Śrīvāsa brings this report before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu after asking about Haridāsa.
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:
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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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’s”
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Can you distinguish what Śrīvāsa reports from the conclusions you might add yourself?
Identify the two details Śrīvāsa relates, without adding an explanation of his own feelings.
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