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How to study this verse, in six steps

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

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Antya-līlā · Chapter 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

Antya 20.105 Antya 20.107

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 20.106

তৃতীয়ে — হরিদাসের মহিমা প্রচণ্ড ।

দামোদর-পণ্ডিত কৈলা প্রভুরে বাক্যদণ্ড ॥ ১০৬ ॥

tṛtīye — haridāsera mahimā pracaṇḍa

dāmodara-paṇḍita kailā prabhure vākya-daṇḍa

Translation

In the third chapter is a description of the forceful glories of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. That chapter also mentions how Dāmodara Paṇḍita spoke words of criticism to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.

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

Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Haridāsa’s Glories and Dāmodara’s Words

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The third chapter describes the forceful glories of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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It also records Dāmodara Paṇḍita speaking words of criticism to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
3
The following summary explains that Haridāsa Ṭhākura established the glories of the holy name through practical example.

How it feels

Unconditional devotion. Eight prayers move from cleansing the heart to love that endures even without reciprocation.

The mood of Antya 20 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Antya 20: The Śikṣāṣṭaka Prayers

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

For the twelve years Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu lived at Jagannātha Purī, He relished the taste of reciting such transcendental verses. Altogether the Lord was present in this mortal world for forty-eight years.

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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

tṛtīyein the third chapter
haridāseraof Ṭhākura Haridāsa
mahimā pracaṇḍavery forceful glories
dāmodara-paṇḍitaDāmodara Paṇḍita
kailāmade
prabhureŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
vākya-daṇḍaimpudence of chastising by words

Key ideas in this verse

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”, “holy name”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What do I learn by distinguishing the events named here from details not yet explained?

Practice

Note the two people named in this verse and the action or description associated with each.

Live this todayHaridāsa’s Glories and Dāmodara’s WordsThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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