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  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 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 2.167Antya 2.169

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.168

আপন কারুণ্য, লোকে বৈরাগ্য-শিক্ষণ ।

স্বভক্তের গাঢ়-অনুরাগ-প্রকটীকরণ ॥ ১৬৮ ॥

āpana kāruṇya, loke vairāgya-śikṣaṇa

sva-bhaktera gāḍha-anurāga-prakaṭī-karaṇa

Translation

This incident manifests the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, His teaching that a sannyāsī should remain in the renounced order, and the deep attachment to Him felt by His faithful devotees.

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

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Mercy, Renunciation, and Faithful Attachment

  1. 1

    This incident manifests the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

  2. 2

    It teaches that a sannyāsī should remain faithful to the renounced order.

  3. 3

    It also reveals the deep attachment that His faithful devotees feel for Him.

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

Further reading

Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

Later, when Junior Haridāsa, following the order of Bhagavān Ācārya, went to collect alms from Mādhavīdevī, he committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the renounced order. Because of this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu rejected Junior Haridāsa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did not accept him again.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. āpanapersonal
  2. kāruṇyafavor
  3. loketo the people in general
  4. vairāgya-śikṣaṇateaching about the order of renunciation
  5. sva-bhakteraof His devotees
  6. gāḍhadeep
  7. anurāgaof attachment
  8. prakaṭīmanifestation
  9. karaṇacausing
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How might faithfulness to a spiritual commitment express attachment to the Lord?

Practice

Write down the three teachings named here: mercy, steadfast renunciation, and deep attachment to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

Live this todayMercy, Renunciation, and Faithful AttachmentThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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