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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.134
সেইদিন যাইতাম এস্থান ছাড়িয়া ।
তিন দিন রহিলাঙ তোমা নিস্তার লাগিয়া ॥ ১৩৪ ॥
sei-dina yāitāma e-sthāna chāḍiyā
tina dina rahilāṅa tomā nistāra lāgiyā
“On the very day Rāmacandra Khān was planning his intrigue against me, I would have left this place immediately, but because you came to me I stayed here for three days to deliver you.”
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura would have left immediately when Rāmacandra Khān began planning his intrigue.
He stayed because the woman came to him.
He explains that his three-day stay was for her deliverance, revealing his concern for her spiritual welfare.
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.
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”, “deliverance”
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Am I willing to give time to someone who needs spiritual help?
Set aside a few minutes today to support someone who wants to chant or discuss Kṛṣṇa consciousness.
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