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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.160
আসি’ সেই দুর্গামণ্ডপে বাসা কৈল ।
অবধ্য বধ করি’ মাংস সে-ঘরে রান্ধাইল ॥ ১৬০ ॥
āsi’ sei durgā-maṇḍape vāsā kaila
avadhya vadha kari’ māṁsa se-ghare rāndhāila
The Muslim minister made his residence in the Durgā-maṇḍapa of Rāmacandra Khān. He killed a cow and cooked the meat at that very place.
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The Muslim minister made his residence in Rāmacandra Khān’s Durgā-maṇḍapa.
He killed a cow and cooked its meat at that very place.
The place Rāmacandra Khān had sought to purify after Nityānanda Prabhu’s departure was now used for killing and cooking a cow.
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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Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “cooked”
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