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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.91
এতাদৃশ তুমি ইঁহারে করিয়াছ অঙ্গীকার ।
এত সৌভাগ্য ইহাঁ না হয় কাহার ।।” ৯১ ॥ ৯১ ॥
etādṛśa tumi iṅhāre kariyācha aṅgīkāra
eta saubhāgya ihāṅ nā haya kāhāra”
“My dear Sir, since You, a great personality, have accepted Sanātana Gosvāmī, he is greatly fortunate; no one can be as fortunate as he.”
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura respectfully addresses Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as a great personality.
He sees Sanātana Gosvāmī as greatly fortunate because the Lord has accepted him.
His praise places Sanātana Gosvāmī’s fortune beyond comparison.
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:
Suffering greatly from this itching, he resolved that in the presence of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu he would throw himself under the wheel of Jagannātha’s car and in this way commit suicide. When Sanātana Gosvāmī came to Jagannātha Purī, he stayed under the care of Haridāsa Ṭhākura for some time, and Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was very happy to see him.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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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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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
What does Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s praise teach me about true good fortune?
Write one sentence reflecting on why being accepted by the Lord is such great fortune.
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