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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.81
পূর্বে যেন রঘুনাথ সব অযোধ্যা লঞা ।
বৈকুণ্ঠকে গেলা, অন্যজীবে অযোধ্যা ভরাঞা ॥ ৮১ ॥
pūrve yena raghunātha saba ayodhyā lañā
vaikuṇṭhake gelā, anya-jīve ayodhyā bharāñā
“Previously, when Lord Rāmacandra left this world, He took with Him all the living entities of Ayodhyā. Then He filled Ayodhyā again with other living entities.
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When Lord Rāmacandra left this world, He took all the living entities of Ayodhyā with Him.
He then filled Ayodhyā again with other living entities.
This example supports Haridāsa’s explanation: the Lord can deliver living entities and still leave a place populated.
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:
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 .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.
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: “deliver”
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’s”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does the example of Ayodhyā help me understand Haridāsa’s answer?
Recall the two parts of this example: Lord Rāmacandra took the living entities with Him and then filled Ayodhyā again.
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