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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.113
tomāra saṅgama lāgi’ lubdha mora mana
tomā nā pāile prāṇa nā yāya dhāraṇa”
“I am eager to be united with you. My mind is greedy for this. If I don’t obtain you, I shall not be able to keep my body and soul together.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prostitute declared that she was eager to be united with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
She described her mind as greedy for this union.
She claimed that without him she could not keep body and soul together. In context, this urgent appeal continued her effort to entice 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:
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied that their deliverance would be possible if they very loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, for hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted loudly, even with but little realization, would help them. After describing this incident, the author of the Caitanya-caritāmṛta also describes how Haridāsa Ṭhākura was tested at Benāpola, a village near Śāntipura.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.
Kīrtana community · A movement of shared hearts
Devotional community as a living network of branches, service, festivals, care, and collective chanting. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “together”
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 ever make my desires sound like emergencies to pressure another person?
When expressing a desire today, state it without exaggerating what will happen if it is not fulfilled.
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