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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 Madhya 1.63

হরিদাস ঠাকুর আর রূপ-সনাতন ।

জগন্নাথ-মন্দিরে না যা’ন তিন জন ॥ ৬৩ ॥

haridāsa ṭhākura āra rūpa-sanātana

jagannātha-mandire nā yā’na tina jana

Translation

To avoid turmoil, three great personalities — Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī — did not enter the temple of Jagannātha.

Read Śrīla Prabhupāda's purport on Vedabase.io
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Understand it

Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.

Kṛṣṇa Associates With Those Chanting His Name

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    Because of their previous connections with Muslims, Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī were considered unfit to enter the Jagannātha temple. Out of humility and to avoid unnecessary turmoil, they did not enter.

  2. 2

    Jagannātha, the Personality of Godhead, personally visited them every day in His form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu. These visits indicate that He did not approve of such dogmatic prohibitions.

  3. 3

    There is no need to be unhappy about being refused temple entry as long as we engage in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Kṛṣṇa Himself associates with devotees who chant His holy name.

Key points from the purport
  • Consequently, out of humility they did not enter the temple of Jagannātha, although the Personality of Godhead, Jagannātha, in His form of Caitanya Mahāprabhu, personally came to see them every day.
  • Those who were thought unfit to enter the Jagannātha temple were daily visited by Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and this indicates that Caitanya Mahāprabhu did not approve of the prohibitions.
  • To avoid unnecessary turmoil, however, these great personalities would not enter the Jagannātha temple.

Śrīla Prabhupāda's own sentences, chosen from the purport as its central points. Read the full purport on Vedabase to see them in place.

How it feels

Anticipation and hidden longing. The author previews later pastimes, including the inner Vraja mood expressed at Ratha-yātrā.

The mood of Madhya 1 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas

Further reading

Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu

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

There is also a description of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstasy that occurred when He recited the verse beginning yaḥ kaumāra-haraḥ, as well as a description of how that ecstasy was explained in the verse beginning priyaḥ so ’yaṁ kṛṣṇaḥ, by Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī. Because he wrote that verse, Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī was specifically blessed by the Lord.
Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 1
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Word for word

Learn the words of the verse.

  1. haridāsa ṭhākuraŚrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura
  2. āraand
  3. rūpa-sanātanaŚrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī and Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī
  4. jagannātha-mandirein the temple of Lord Jagannātha
  5. nānot
  6. yā’nago
  7. tina janathree persons
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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”, “chanting”, “holy name”

  • Dainya & humility · Making room for grace

    The humility expressed by the author, devotees, transformed scholars, renunciants, and the Śikṣāṣṭaka. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “humility”

  • Sādhu-saṅga · Love grows through association

    Spiritual association shapes the movement, empowers disciples, and reveals truths through loving conversations. · In the Prema Atlas

    In this verse: “associates”

Concept links are an editorial study map; only the verse is the text itself.

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Live it

Take one thing from this verse into your day.

Ask yourself

When I encounter an obstacle, can I take shelter in chanting rather than become discouraged?

Practice

Spend a few quiet minutes chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, remembering that Kṛṣṇa associates with those who chant His holy name.

Live this todayKṛṣṇa Associates With Those Chanting His NameThis verse's lesson: one practice and one question for today

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