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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.236
“জগতের বন্ধু তুমি রূপগুণবান্ ।
তব সঙ্গ লাগি’ মোর এথাকে প্রয়াণ ॥ ২৩৬ ॥
“jagatera bandhu tumi rūpa-guṇavān
tava saṅga lāgi’ mora ethāke prayāṇa
“My dear friend,” she said, “you are the friend of the entire world. You are so beautiful and qualified. I have come here only for union with you.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
The woman addresses Haridāsa Ṭhākura as her dear friend and the friend of the entire world.
She praises his beauty and qualifications.
She says plainly that she has come for union with him. In the verses that follow, he remains determined in his 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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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”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How do I respond when praise accompanies a request that could distract me from chanting?
Before chanting today, set aside one request or distraction that can wait.
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