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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.149
প্রেম-প্রচারণ আর পাষণ্ডদলন ।
দুইকার্যে অবধূত করেন ভ্রমণ ॥ ১৪৯ ॥
prema-pracāraṇa āra pāṣaṇḍa-dalana
dui-kārye avadhūta karena bhramaṇa
For two purposes — to spread the cult of bhakti and to defeat and subdue the atheists — Lord Nityānanda, the most dedicated devotee of the Lord, moved throughout the country.
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Lord Nityānanda traveled throughout the country to spread the cult of bhakti.
His second purpose was to defeat and subdue the atheists.
The translation describes Him as the most dedicated devotee of the Lord.
The purport of CC Antya 3.149 quotesBG 4.8
As stated in the Bhagavad-gītā (4.8):
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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:
Because of offending a pure Vaiṣṇava, Rāmacandra Khān was later cursed by Nityānanda Prabhu and ruined. From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What place does dedication to the Lord have in your daily priorities?
Set aside one uninterrupted minute today to reflect on devotion to the Lord.
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