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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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Antya-līlā · Chapter 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
Antya 3.183Antya 3.185

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.184

চৌর-প্রেত-রাক্ষসাদির ভয় হয় নাশ ।

উদয় হৈলে ধর্ম-কর্ম-আদি পরকাশ ॥ ১৮৪ ॥

caura-preta-rākṣasādira bhaya haya nāśa

udaya haile dharma-karma-ādi parakāśa

Translation

“With the first glimpse of sunlight, fear of thieves, ghosts and demons immediately disappears, and when the sun is actually visible, everything is manifest, and everyone begins performing his religious activities and regulative duties.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Sunlight Removes Fear and Reveals Duties

  1. 1

    With the first glimpse of sunlight, fear of thieves, ghosts and demons immediately disappears.

  2. 2

    When the sun becomes visible, everything is manifest, and people begin their religious activities and regulative duties.

  3. 3

    The illustration distinguishes the first effects of light from its fuller appearance. The next verse applies this distinction to chanting.

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:

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.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. caurathieves
  2. pretaghosts
  3. rākṣasademons
  4. ādiraof them and others
  5. bhayafear
  6. hayabecomes
  7. nāśadestroyed
  8. udaya hailewhen the sunrise is actually visible
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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: “chanting”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does the difference between dawn and full sunlight clarify this illustration for me?

Practice

Read this verse alongside the next, noting what the first light and the visible sun each illustrate.

Live this todaySunlight Removes Fear and Reveals DutiesThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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