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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.154
ভিতরে আছিলা, শুনি’ ক্রোধে বাহিরিলা ।
অট্ট অট্ট হাসি’ গোসাঞি কহিতে লাগিলা ॥ ১৫৪ ॥
bhitare āchilā, śuni’ krodhe bāhirilā
aṭṭa aṭṭa hāsi’ gosāñi kahite lāgilā
When Nityānanda Prabhu heard this order from the servant of Rāmacandra Khān, He became very angry and came out. Laughing very loudly, He spoke as follows.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Lord Nityānanda heard the order delivered by Rāmacandra Khān’s servant.
He became very angry and came out.
He laughed very loudly before speaking. The following verse gives His judgment of the 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:
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
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “servant”
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: “delivered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does Lord Nityānanda’s response reveal the seriousness of this unwelcome reception?
Read this verse together with the next one today, noticing both His response and His words.
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