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How to study this verse, in six steps
  1. 1Say the verse. Read the transliteration aloud, slowly.
  2. 2Read the word meanings. Go through each word and its meaning.
  3. 3Read the translation. Ask: what is happening here, and who is it about?
  4. 4Read the purport slowly. Read it twice. Don't rush.
  5. 5See Lord Caitanya as Kṛṣṇa. Remember who is acting in the pastime.
  6. 6Take one thing into your day. Note one point and one practice.
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Antya-līlā · Chapter 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 3.4-5

প্রভু-স্থানে নিত্য আইসে, করে নমস্কার ।

প্রভু-সনে বাত্ কহে প্রভু-‘প্রাণ’ তার ॥ ৪ ॥

prabhu-sthāne nitya āise, kare namaskāra

prabhu-sane bāt kahe prabhu-‘prāṇa’ tāra

Translation

The boy came daily to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered Him respectful obeisances. He was free to talk with Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu because the Lord was his life and soul, but the boy’s intimacy with the Lord and the Lord’s mercy toward him were intolerable for Dāmodara Paṇḍita.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Daily Respect and Intimacy with the Lord

  1. 1

    The boy came daily to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and offered Him respectful obeisances.

  2. 2

    He spoke freely with the Lord because the Lord was his life and soul.

  3. 3

    Dāmodara Paṇḍita found the boy’s intimacy with the Lord and the Lord’s mercy toward him intolerable.

How it feels

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

Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:

He also especially requested Dāmodara Paṇḍita to remind His mother that He was sometimes going to her home to accept the food she offered. Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. prabhu-sthāneto the place of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  2. nityadaily
  3. āisecomes
  4. kare namaskāraoffers respectful obeisances
  5. prabhu-sanewith the Lord
  6. bāt kahetalks
  7. prabhu-prāṇa tārahis life and soul was Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu
  8. prabhuteunto the Lord
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Key ideas in this verse

The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.

  • Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life

    Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “mercy”

  • 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”

  • Audārya · Love that moves outward

    The freely offered gift of bhakti and prema, especially through nāma-saṅkīrtana and Mahāprabhu’s compassionate dealings. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “freely”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

What does the boy’s combination of respect and closeness to the Lord help me appreciate?

Practice

Offer respectful obeisances to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today, remembering how dear He was to the boy.

Live this todayDaily Respect and Intimacy with the LordThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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