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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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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.87

হরিদাসে কহে প্রভু, — “শুন, হরিদাস ।

পরের দ্রব্য ইঁহো চাহেন করিতে বিনাশ ॥ ৮৭ ॥

haridāse kahe prabhu, — “śuna, haridāsa

parera dravya iṅho cāhena karite vināśa

Translation

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then said to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, “My dear Haridāsa, please hear Me. This gentleman wants to destroy another’s property.

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This verse has no purport; its meaning is explained by the verses around it.

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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

The Body Is Another’s Property

  1. 1

    Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura to listen to Him.

  2. 2

    He described Sanātana Gosvāmī’s wish to destroy his body as wanting to destroy another’s property.

  3. 3

    In context, the Lord had already said that He would accomplish work through that body. Sanātana Gosvāmī was therefore not free to destroy it for his own reasons.

How it feels

Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.

The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Antya 4: Sanātana Gosvāmī Visits the Lord at Jagannātha Purī

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

After having thus spoken, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left, and Haridāsa Ṭhākura and Sanātana Gosvāmī had many talks about this subject. One day Sanātana Gosvāmī was summoned by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who wanted him to come to Yameśvara-ṭoṭā.
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. haridāseHaridāsa Ṭhākura
  2. kahe prabhuŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu addressed
  3. śuna haridāsaMy dear Haridāsa, please hear
  4. parera dravyaanother’s property
  5. iṅhothis Sanātana Gosvāmī
  6. cāhenawants
  7. karite vināśato destroy
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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 seeing my body as entrusted for service change the way I treat it?

Practice

Choose one action today that protects your health and ability to serve.

Live this todayThe Body Is Another’s PropertyThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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