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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
Antya 3.77Antya 3.80

Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Texts Antya 3.78-79

হরিদাস বলে, — “তোমার যাবৎ মর্ত্যে স্থিতি ।

তাবৎ স্থাবর-জঙ্গম, সর্ব জীব-জাতি ॥ ৭৮ ॥

haridāsa bale, — “tomāra yāvat martye sthiti

tāvat sthāvara-jaṅgama, sarva jīva-jāti

Translation

Haridāsa said, “My Lord, as long as You are situated within the material world, You will send to the spiritual sky all the developed moving and nonmoving living entities in different species. Then again You will awaken the living entities who are not yet developed and engage them in activities.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

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  1. 1

    Haridāsa says that while the Lord is situated within the material world, He will send developed living entities to the spiritual sky.

  2. 2

    These living entities include moving and nonmoving beings in different species.

  3. 3

    The Lord will then awaken living entities who are not yet developed and engage them in activities.

How it feels

Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.

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Further reading

Antya 3: The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura

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

Thus, following the order of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Dāmodara Paṇḍita went to Navadvīpa, taking with him all kinds of prasādam from Lord Jagannātha. On another occasion, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu once inquired from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who was known as Brahma Haridāsa, how the yavanas, or persons bereft of Vedic culture, would be delivered in Kali-yuga .
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. haridāsa baleHaridāsa Ṭhākura said
  2. tomāraYour
  3. yāvatas long as
  4. martyein this material world
  5. sthitisituation
  6. tāvatfor that duration of time
  7. sthāvara-jaṅgamanonmoving and moving
  8. sarvaall
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Key ideas in this verse

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”

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

How does Haridāsa’s answer broaden my understanding of the Lord’s work of deliverance?

Practice

Write down the two actions Haridāsa describes: sending developed beings to the spiritual sky and awakening those not yet developed.

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