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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.104
কোন প্রকারে হরিদাসের ছিদ্র নাহি পায় ।
বেশ্যাগণে আনি’ করে ছিদ্রের উপায় ॥ ১০৪ ॥
kona-prakāre haridāsera chidra nāhi pāya
veśyā-gaṇe āni’ kare chidrera upāya
By no means could he find any fault in the character of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Therefore he called for local prostitutes and began a plan to discredit His Holiness.
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Rāmacandra Khān could find no fault in Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s character. He therefore called local prostitutes to help devise a plan to discredit him.
The purport warns that even people with religious identities may unnecessarily seek faults in the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement.
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu wanted the movement spread to every town and village. The purport attributes its spread to His grace and describes the effort to fulfill His desire.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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:
This was not very much to the liking of Dāmodara Paṇḍita, however, who therefore told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “If You display so much love for this boy, people will doubt Your character.” Hearing these words from Dāmodara Paṇḍita, the Lord sent him to Navadvīpa to supervise the affairs of His mother, Śacīdevī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “grace”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I looking fairly at devotional efforts, or searching for reasons to dismiss them?
Refrain today from repeating an unverified criticism of a devotee or devotional effort.
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