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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.119
আর দিন রাত্রি হৈলে বেশ্যা আইল ।
হরিদাস তারে বহু আশ্বাস করিল ॥ ১১৯ ॥
āra dina rātri haile veśyā āila
haridāsa tāre bahu āśvāsa karila
The next night, when the prostitute came again, Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave her many assurances.
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The prostitute returned the next night.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave her many assurances rather than sending her away.
In the words that follow, he asks her to sit and hear the chanting until his regular chanting is finished.
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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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”, “chanting”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I make room today to hear the holy name?
Choose a quiet place and sit for a few minutes to hear the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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