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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.250
তবে নারী কহে তাঁরে করি’ নমস্কার ।
‘আমি — মায়া’ করিতে আইলাঙ পরীক্ষা তোমার ॥ ২৫০ ॥
tabe nārī kahe tāṅre kari’ namaskāra
‘āmi — māyā’ karite āilāṅa parīkṣā tomāra
After offering obeisances to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the woman said, “I am the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. I came here to test you.
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The woman offered obeisances to Haridāsa Ṭhākura before speaking.
She identified herself as the illusory energy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead.
She revealed that she had come to test him.
The purport of CC Antya 3.250 quotesBG 7.14
In the Bhagavad-gītā (7.14) Lord Kṛṣṇa says:
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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”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does her offering obeisances change your understanding of this encounter?
Pause today to reflect respectfully on Haridāsa Ṭhākura's example when remembering this test.
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