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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.169
তীর্থের মহিমা, নিজ ভক্তে আত্মসাৎ ।
এক লীলায় করেন প্রভু কার্য পাঁচ-সাত ॥ ১৬৯ ॥
tīrthera mahimā, nija bhakte ātmasāt
eka līlāya karena prabhu kārya pāṅca-sāta
It also demonstrates the glories of holy places and shows how the Lord accepts His faithful devotee. Thus the Lord fulfilled five or seven purposes by performing one pastime.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The incident demonstrates the glories of holy places.
It shows how the Lord accepts His faithful devotee.
Through one pastime, the Lord fulfilled five or seven purposes. Its significance is not limited to a single lesson.
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:
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. One year after this incident, Junior Haridāsa went to the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā and committed suicide.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 2
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I allowing this pastime to teach me more than one lesson?
Note two purposes stated in this verse, and reflect briefly on each.
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