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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.118
‘আজি আমা অঙ্গীকার করিয়াছে বচনে ।
কালি অবশ্য তাহার সঙ্গে হইবে সঙ্গমে ।।” ১১৮ ।। ॥ ১১৮ ॥
‘āji āmā aṅgīkāra kariyāche vacane
kāli avaśya tāhāra saṅge ha-ibe saṅgame’
“Today Haridāsa Ṭhākura has promised to enjoy with me. Tomorrow certainly I shall have union with him.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prostitute reported that Haridāsa Ṭhākura had promised to enjoy with her.
She expressed certainty that she would have union with him the next day.
Her report reveals her expectation, not an event that had occurred. In the surrounding account, Haridāsa Ṭhākura continues to give priority to chanting.
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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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”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
When I approach chanting, what expectations am I bringing with me?
Before chanting today, briefly notice your expectations, then turn your attention to the holy name.
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