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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.89
হরিদাস কহে, — “মিথ্যা অভিমান করি ।
তোমার গম্ভীর হৃদয় বুঝিতে না পারি ॥ ৮৯ ॥
haridāsa kahe, — “mithyā abhimāna kari
tomāra gambhīra hṛdaya bujhite nā pāri
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “We are falsely proud of our capabilities. Actually we cannot understand Your deep intentions.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura acknowledges that we are falsely proud of our capabilities.
Our abilities do not enable us to understand Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s deep intentions.
Haridāsa Ṭhākura speaks humbly, admitting the limits of his understanding.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
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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.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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In this verse: “haridāsa”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Where might pride in my abilities make me overconfident about what I understand?
Pause today when you feel certain of your understanding, and acknowledge one thing you do not know.
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