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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.105
বেশ্যাগণে কহে, — “এই বৈরাগী হরিদাস ।
তুমি-সব কর ইহার বৈরাগ্য-ধর্ম নাশ ।।” ১০৫ ।। ॥ ১০৫ ॥
veśyā-gaṇe kahe, — “ei vairāgī haridāsa
tumi-saba kara ihāra vairāgya-dharma nāśa”
Rāmacandra Khān said to the prostitutes, “There is a mendicant named Haridāsa Ṭhākura. All of you devise a way to deviate him from his vows of austerity.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Devotional service is the path of vairāgya-vidyā, or renunciation and knowledge. Haridāsa Ṭhākura followed this path strictly.
Rāmacandra Khān instructed the prostitutes to find a way to break Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s vows. His plan specifically targeted the vow of celibacy.
The purport explains renunciation as giving up sensual pleasure, especially sexual pleasure. It also notes that the prostitutes who received Lord Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā were devotees of Kṛṣṇa.
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:
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”
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: “service”
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