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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.165

হরিদাস-ঠাকুর চলি’ আইলা চান্দপুরে ।

আসিয়া রহিলা বলরাম-আচার্যের ঘরে ॥ ১৬৫ ॥

haridāsa-ṭhākura cali’ āilā cāndapure

āsiyā rahilā balarāma-ācāryera ghare

Translation

Haridāsa Ṭhākura walked until he came to the village known as Cāndapura. There he stayed at the house of Balarāma Ācārya.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Haridāsa Ṭhākura Finds Shelter in Cāndapura

  1. 1

    Haridāsa Ṭhākura walked to Cāndapura and stayed at the house of Balarāma Ācārya.

  2. 2

    Cāndapura was near the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā at Saptagrāma, in the district of Huglī.

  3. 3

    Balarāma Ācārya and Yadunandana Ācārya lived there, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura stayed with them. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says the village was later called Kṛṣṇapura.

Key points from the purport
  • The village of Cāndapura is situated near the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamunā at Saptagrāma, in the district of Huglī.
  • In Cāndapura lived Balarāma Ācārya and Yadunandana Ācārya, the priests of these two personalities, and when Haridāsa Ṭhākura went there he lived with them.
  • Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that the name of this village was later changed to Kṛṣṇapura.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

From Benāpola, Haridāsa Ṭhākura went to the village known as Cāndapura, where he lived at the house of Balarāma Ācārya. Thereafter, Haridāsa Ṭhākura was received by two brothers known as Hiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra, but in the course of a discussion he was offended by a caste brāhmaṇa known as Gopāla Cakravartī.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. haridāsa-ṭhākuraHaridāsa Ṭhākura
  2. cali’walking
  3. āilācame
  4. cāndapurein the village known as Cāndapura
  5. āsiyācoming
  6. rahilāremained
  7. balarāma-ācāryera ghareat the residence of Balarāma Ācārya
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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”

  • Vraja-smaraṇa · Remembrance of Vṛndāvana

    The remembered sweetness of Vraja that colors Mahāprabhu’s pilgrimage, Ratha-yātrā, and later states of separation. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “yamunā”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What stands out to me about Haridāsa Ṭhākura finding a place to stay with these hosts?

Practice

Offer one small act of hospitality to a devotee today.

Live this todayHaridāsa Ṭhākura Finds Shelter in CāndapuraThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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