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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.127
বেশ্যা গিয়া সমাচার খাঁনেরে কহিল ।
আর দিন সন্ধ্যা হইতে ঠাকুর-ঠাঞি আইল ॥ ১২৭ ॥
veśyā giyā samācāra khāṅnere kahila
āra dina sandhyā ha-ite ṭhākura-ṭhāñi āila
The prostitute returned to Rāmacandra Khān and informed him of what had happened. The next day she came earlier, at the beginning of the evening, and stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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The prostitute returned to Rāmacandra Khān and told him what had happened.
The next day she came earlier, at the beginning of the evening, and stayed with Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Her return brought another opportunity to hear his chanting. In the surrounding verses, this hearing becomes the means of her purification.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
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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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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 you make room for another opportunity to hear the holy name?
Set a time this evening to sit quietly and hear chanting of the holy name.
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