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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 3.122
তুলসীরে তাঁকে বেশ্যা নমস্কার করি’ ।
দ্বারে বসি’ নাম শুনে বলে ‘হরি’ ‘হরি’ ॥ ১২২ ॥
tulasīre tāṅke veśyā namaskāra kari’
dvāre vasi’ nāma śune bale ‘hari’ ‘hari’
After offering her obeisances to the tulasī plant and Haridāsa Ṭhākura, she sat down at the door. Hearing Haridāsa Ṭhākura chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, she also chanted, “O my Lord Hari, O my Lord Hari.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The prostitute came to pollute Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but he took it as his duty to deliver her. The purport describes this as a Vaiṣṇava delivering a fallen soul by a transcendental trick.
Although she had an ulterior motive, she associated with Haridāsa Ṭhākura with faith and reverence. Hearing his chanting, she also chanted, “O my Lord Hari, O my Lord Hari.”
Association with a Vaiṣṇava, chanting the Lord’s holy name, and offering obeisances to the tulasī plant or a Vaiṣṇava lead one to become a transcendental devotee, completely cleansed of material contamination.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
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
Learn the words of the verse.
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: “chanting”, “haridāsa”, “holy name”
Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association
Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “association”, “associated”
Dainya & humility · Making room for grace
The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “fallen”
Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I approach the holy name and the association of a Vaiṣṇava with greater reverence?
Chant “O my Lord Hari, O my Lord Hari” today, carefully hearing each word.
Study points are short summaries, not the translation. Confirm them in the original text and purport on Vedabase.
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