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Read one verse of Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta with its Bengali, transliteration, word meanings, translation and study points.
Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.230
জ্যোৎস্নাবতী রাত্রি, দশ দিক্ সুনির্মল ।
গঙ্গার লহরী জ্যোত্স্নায় করে ঝল-মল ॥ ২৩০ ॥
jyotsnāvatī rātri, daśa dik sunirmala
gaṅgāra laharī jyotsnāya kare jhala-mala
The night was full of moonlight, which made the waves of the Ganges look dazzling. All directions were clear and bright.
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The night was full of moonlight.
The moonlight made the waves of the Ganges look dazzling.
All directions were clear and bright, forming the setting around Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s chanting.
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:
Because of this offense, Gopāla Cakravartī was punished by being afflicted with leprosy. 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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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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”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Which detail helps me picture the setting of Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s chanting?
Before briefly reciting the holy name today, reread this verse and picture its moonlit setting.
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