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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.109
রাত্রিকালে সেই বেশ্যা সুবেশ ধরিয়া ।
হরিদাসের বাসায় গেল উল্লসিত হঞা ॥ ১০৯ ॥
rātri-kāle sei veśyā suveśa dhariyā
haridāsera vāsāya gela ullasita hañā
At night the prostitute, after dressing herself most attractively, went to the cottage of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with great jubilation.
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The prostitute dressed herself most attractively before going to Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s cottage.
She went at night and with great jubilation.
In the context of the preceding plan, her attractive appearance and eagerness accompanied an intention to entrap him.
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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Do I sometimes let an attractive appearance distract me from considering someone’s purpose?
In one interaction today, pay attention to the person’s purpose rather than appearance alone.
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