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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.12

এবে গোসাঞির গুণ-যশ সব লোকে গাইবে ।

তবে গোসাঞির প্রতিষ্ঠা পুরুষোত্তমে হইবে ॥ ১২ ॥

ebe gosāñira guṇa-yaśa saba loke gāibe

tabe gosāñira pratiṣṭhā puruṣottame ha-ibe

Translation

“You are known as Gosāñi [teacher or ācārya], but now talk about Your attributes and reputation will spread throughout the city of Puruṣottama. How Your position will be impaired!”

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Concern About the Lord’s Reputation

  1. 1

    Dāmodara Paṇḍita addressed the Lord as Gosāñi, meaning teacher or ācārya.

  2. 2

    He warned that talk about the Lord’s attributes and reputation would spread throughout Puruṣottama.

  3. 3

    He feared that the Lord’s position would be impaired. In context, this warning forms part of his impudent speech.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

This was not very much to the liking of Dāmodara Paṇḍita, however, who therefore told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “If You display so much love for this boy, people will doubt Your character.” Hearing these words from Dāmodara Paṇḍita, the Lord sent him to Navadvīpa to supervise the affairs of His mother, Śacīdevī.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. ebenow
  2. gosāñiraof Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  3. guṇa-yaśaattributes and reputation
  4. saba lokeeveryone
  5. gāibewill talk about
  6. tabeat that time
  7. gosāñiraof the Lord
  8. pratiṣṭhāthe position
  9. puruṣottamein Puruṣottama (Jagannātha Purī)
  10. ha-ibewill be
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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

Can concern about reputation make my words unnecessarily harsh?

Practice

If you need to express a concern today, state it without threatening someone with what others might say.

Live this todayConcern About the Lord’s ReputationThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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