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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.242
দ্বারে বসি’ শুন তুমি নাম-সঙ্কীর্তন ।
নাম সমাপ্ত হৈলে করিমু তব প্রীতি-আচরণ ॥ ২৪২ ॥
dvāre vasi’ śuna tumi nāma-saṅkīrtana
nāma samāpta haile karimu tava prīti-ācaraṇa
“Sit down at the door and hear the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra. As soon as the chanting is finished, I shall satisfy you as you desire.”
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura invites the woman to sit at the door.
He asks her to hear the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
He says he will satisfy her desire after the chanting is finished, keeping his vow to chant first.
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: “chanting”, “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How attentively do I hear the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra when it is being chanted?
Sit quietly for a few minutes today and listen attentively to the chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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