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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 3.126
কালি সমাপ্ত হবে, তবে হবে ব্রতভঙ্গ ।
স্বচ্ছন্দে তোমার সঙ্গে হইবেক সঙ্গ ।।” ১২৬ ।। ॥ ১২৬ ॥
kāli samāpta habe, tabe habe vrata-bhaṅga
svacchande tomāra saṅge ha-ibeka saṅga”
“Tomorrow I will surely finish, and my vow will be fulfilled. Then it will be possible for me to enjoy with you in full freedom.”
Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.ioThree study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura never wanted to enjoy the prostitute. His words were a way to deliver her by giving her a chance to hear the holy name.
Hearing the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra from a purified transcendental person purifies one of sinful activities, regardless of birth or fallen condition.
When one is completely free from sinful reactions, one becomes eligible to render devotional service to the Lord. This hearing is a process for engaging fallen souls in devotional service.
Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.
The purport of CC Antya 3.126 quotesBG 7.28
As Lord Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (7.28):
Each link is a verse the purport itself quotes, or a purport elsewhere that quotes this verse, shown with the purport's own words.
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: “holy name”, “haridāsa”
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”
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “deliver”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this teaching encourage you to value hearing the holy name?
Spend a few quiet minutes listening attentively to the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra chanted by a pure devotee.
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