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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.221
আচার্য কহেন, — “তুমি না করিহ ভয় ।
সেই আচরিব, যেই শাস্ত্রমত হয় ॥ ২২১ ॥
ācārya kahena, — “tumi nā kariha bhaya
sei ācariba, yei śāstra-mata haya
Advaita Ācārya replied, “My dear Haridāsa, do not be afraid. I shall behave strictly according to the principles of the revealed scriptures.
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Advaita Ācārya reassured Haridāsa Ṭhākura and promised to act strictly according to the revealed scriptures.
He was not afraid of society’s strict brahminical culture and customs. The purport identifies scriptural injunctions as the true medium of evidence or proof.
Anyone can go back to Godhead, even someone born in a family considered low.
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The purport of CC Antya 3.221 quotesBG 9.32
Kṛṣṇa says in the Bhagavad-gītā (9.32):
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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.
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”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can scriptural guidance help me resist unfair social judgments?
Write down this teaching today: birth does not prevent anyone from going back to Godhead.
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