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How to study this verse, in six steps
  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 2.60Antya 2.62

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.61

ইষ্টদেব নৃসিংহ লাগি’ পৃথক্ বাড়িল ।

তিন-জনে সমর্পিয়া বাহিরে ধ্যান কৈল ॥ ৬১ ॥

iṣṭa-deva nṛsiṁha lāgi’ pṛthak bāḍila

tina-jane samarpiyā bāhire dhyāna kaila

Translation

He also separately offered dishes to Nṛsiṁhadeva, his worshipable Deity. Thus he divided all the food into three offerings. Then, outside the temple, he began to meditate upon the Lord.

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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.

Offer with care, then remember the Lord

  1. 1

    He separately offered dishes to Nṛsiṁhadeva, his worshipable Deity.

  2. 2

    He divided all the food into three offerings, carefully arranging his service.

  3. 3

    After making the offerings, he went outside the temple and began to meditate upon the Lord.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. iṣṭa-devathe worshipable Deity
  2. nṛsiṁhaLord Nṛsiṁhadeva
  3. lāgi’for
  4. pṛthakseparately
  5. bāḍilaarranged
  6. tina-janeto the three Deities
  7. samarpiyāoffering
  8. bāhireoutside
  9. dhyāna kailameditated
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Sevā · Love translated into service

    Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “offered”, “service”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How can you give both care and attention to your service to the Lord?

Practice

Set aside one quiet minute today to meditate upon the Lord.

Live this todayOffer with care, then remember the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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