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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.157
ইহাঁ রামচন্দ্র খাঁন সেবকে আজ্ঞা দিল ।
গোসাঞি যাহাঁ বসিলা, তার মাটি খোদাইল ॥ ১৫৭ ॥
ihāṅ rāmacandra khāna sevake ājñā dila
gosāñi yāhāṅ vasilā, tāra māṭī khodāila
Rāmacandra Khān ordered the servant to dig up the dirt in the place where Nityānanda Prabhu had sat.
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Rāmacandra Khān ordered a servant to dig up the dirt where Nityānanda Prabhu had sat.
His order targeted the very place Nityānanda Prabhu had occupied.
After Lord Nityānanda’s departure, Rāmacandra Khān continued to act disrespectfully rather than reconsidering his conduct.
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:
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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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”
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