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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 2.87Antya 2.89

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 2.88

তাঁর পিতা ‘বিষয়ী’ বড় শতানন্দ-খাঁন ।

‘বিষয়বিমুখ’ আচার্য — ‘বৈরাগ্যপ্রধান’ ॥ ৮৮ ॥

tāṅra pitā ‘viṣayī’ baḍa śatānanda-khāṅna

‘viṣaya-vimukha’ ācārya — ‘vairāgya-pradhāna’

Translation

Bhagavān Ācārya’s father, whose name was Śatānanda Khān, was an expert statesman, whereas Bhagavān Ācārya was not at all interested in the management of the state. Indeed, he was almost in the renounced order of life.

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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.

A devotional inclination distinct from family occupation

  1. 1

    Bhagavān Ācārya’s father, Śatānanda Khān, was an expert statesman.

  2. 2

    Bhagavān Ācārya had no interest in managing the state.

  3. 3

    He was almost in the renounced order of life; the verse does not say that he had formally entered it.

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. tāṅra pitāhis father
  2. viṣayīa statesman
  3. baḍaexpert
  4. śatānanda-khāṅnanamed Śatānanda Khān
  5. viṣaya-vimukhanot interested in state management
  6. ācāryaBhagavān Ācārya
  7. vairāgya-pradhānamostly in the renounced order of life
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the contrast between father and son help me notice about Bhagavān Ācārya’s priorities?

Practice

Write one sentence contrasting Śatānanda Khān’s occupation with Bhagavān Ācārya’s inclination.

Live this todayA devotional inclination distinct from family occupationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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