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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 3.199Antya 3.201

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.200

শুনি’ সভাসদ্ উঠে করি’ হাহাকার ।

মজুমদার সেই বিপ্রে করিল ধিক্কার ॥ ২০০ ॥

śuni’ sabhā-sad uṭhe kari’ hāhākāra

majumadāra sei vipre karila dhikkāra

Translation

All the members of the assembly who had heard the challenge were greatly agitated, and they got up, making a tumultuous sound. Hiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra both immediately chastised the brāhmaṇa tax collector.

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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.

The Assembly Rejects the Threatening Challenge

  1. 1

    Everyone in the assembly who hears the challenge becomes greatly agitated.

  2. 2

    The members rise, making a tumultuous sound.

  3. 3

    Hiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra immediately chastise the brāhmaṇa tax collector.

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:

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. Because of this offense, Gopāla Cakravartī was punished by being afflicted with leprosy.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. śuni’hearing
  2. sabhā-satall the members of the assembly
  3. uṭhegot up
  4. kari’ hāhā-kāramaking a tumultuous sound
  5. majumadāraHiraṇya and Govardhana Majumadāra
  6. sei vipreunto that brāhmaṇa who was their servant
  7. karilamade
  8. dhik-kārachastisement
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • 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: “govardhana”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the assembly’s reaction show about the seriousness of Gopāla Cakravartī’s words?

Practice

If a conversation becomes insulting today, calmly ask that it return to respectful speech.

Live this todayThe Assembly Rejects the Threatening ChallengeThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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