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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.215
আচার্যে মিলিয়া কৈলা দণ্ডবৎ প্রণাম ।
অদ্বৈত আলিঙ্গন করি’ করিলা সম্মান ॥ ২১৫ ॥
ācārye miliyā kailā daṇḍavat praṇāma
advaita āliṅgana kari’ karilā sammāna
Upon meeting Advaita Ācārya, Haridāsa Ṭhākura offered Him respect and obeisances. Advaita Ācārya embraced him and showed respect to him in return.
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Upon meeting Advaita Ācārya, Haridāsa Ṭhākura offered Him respect and obeisances.
Advaita Ācārya welcomed Haridāsa Ṭhākura with an embrace.
Advaita Ācārya also showed him respect in return. Their meeting expressed mutual honor and affection.
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
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
Haridāsa Ṭhākura later left Cāndapura and went to the house of Advaita Ācārya, where he was tested by Māyādevī, the personification of the external energy. She also received his favor by being blessed with the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
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”
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: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I show sincere respect when I meet another devotee?
Offer one devotee a warm, respectful greeting today.
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