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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.238
এত বলি’ নানা-ভাব করয়ে প্রকাশ ।
যাহার দর্শনে মুনির হয় ধৈর্যনাশ ॥ ২৩৮ ॥
eta bali’ nānā-bhāva karaye prakāśa
yāhāra darśane munira haya dhairya-nāśa
After saying this, she began to manifest various postures, which even the greatest philosopher would lose his patience upon seeing.
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After making her appeal, the woman begins to display various postures.
The translation describes these postures as enough to make even the greatest philosopher lose his patience.
The following verse contrasts this powerful distraction with Haridāsa Ṭhākura's firm determination.
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: “haridāsa”
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