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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.102
সেই দেশাধ্যক্ষ নাম — রামচন্দ্র খাঁন ।
বৈষ্ণববিদ্বেষী সেই পাষণ্ড-প্রধান ॥ ১০২ ॥
sei deśādhyakṣa nāma — rāmacandra khāṅna
vaiṣṇava-vidveṣī sei pāṣaṇḍa-pradhāna
A landholder named Rāmacandra Khān was the zamindar of that district. He was envious of Vaiṣṇavas and was therefore a great atheist.
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Rāmacandra Khān was the landholder, or zamindar, of the district.
The translation describes him as envious of Vaiṣṇavas and therefore a great atheist.
The next verse shows this envy taking a practical form: he planned to dishonor Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 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:
A person named Rāmacandra Khān, who was envious of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, sent a professional prostitute to attempt to defame him, but by the mercy of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, even the prostitute was delivered. Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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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”
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