CHAPTER ELEVEN
The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura
The summary of this chapter is given by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura in his Amṛta-pravāha-bhāṣya as follows. In this chapter it is described how Brahmā Haridāsa Ṭhākura gave up his body with the consent of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and how the Lord Himself personally performed the funeral ceremony and carried the body to the sea. He personally entombed the body, covered it with sand and erected a platform on the site. After taking a bath in the sea, He personally begged prasādam of Jagannātha from shopkeepers and distributed prasādam to the assembled devotees.
Text
caitanyaṁ taṁ ca tat-prabhum
saṁsthitām api yan-mūrtiṁ
svāṅke kṛtvā nanarta yaḥ
Synonyms
namāmi — I offer my respectful obeisances; haridāsam — unto Haridāsa Ṭhākura; tam — him; caitanyam — unto Lord Caitanya; tam — Him; ca — also; tat-prabhum — his master; saṁsthitām — dead; api — certainly; yat — whose; mūrtim — bodily form; sva-aṅke — on His lap; kṛtvā — keeping; nanarta — danced; yaḥ — He who.
Translation
Let me offer my respectful obeisances unto Haridāsa Ṭhākura and his master, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who danced with the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura on His lap.
Text
jayādvaita-priya nityānanda-priya jaya
Synonyms
jaya jaya — all glories; śrī-caitanya — to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; jaya — all glories; dayā-maya — to the most merciful; jaya — all glories; advaita-priya — to the dear master of Advaita Ācārya; nityānanda-priya — to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is very dear to Lord Nityānanda; jaya — all glories.
Translation
All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is very merciful and who is very dear to Advaita Ācārya and Lord Nityānanda!
Text
jaya gadādhara-priya svarūpa-prāṇa-nātha
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to the master of Śrīnivāsa Ṭhākura! All glories to the master of Haridāsa Ṭhākura! All glories to the dear master of Gadādhara Paṇḍita! All glories to the master of the life of Svarūpa Dāmodara!
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jaya rūpa-sanātana-raghunātheśvara
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to Lord Śrī Caitanya, who is very dear to Kāśī Miśra! He is the Lord of the life of Jagadānanda and the Lord of Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī and Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī.
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kṛpā kari’ deha’ prabhu, nija-pada-dāna
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to the transcendental form of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, who is Kṛṣṇa Himself, the Supreme Personality of Godhead! My dear Lord, kindly give me shelter at Your lotus feet by Your causeless mercy.
Text
tomāra caraṇāravinde bhakti deha’ dāna
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to Lord Nityānanda, who is the life and soul of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu! My dear Lord, kindly give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet.
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sva-caraṇe bhakti deha’ jayādvaitācārya
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to Advaita Ācārya, who is treated by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as superior due to His age and respectability! Please give me engagement in devotional service at Your lotus feet.
Text
saba bhakta mili’ more bhakti deha’ dāna
Synonyms
Translation
All glories to all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, for the Lord is their life and soul! All of you, kindly bestow devotional service upon me.
Text
raghunātha, gopāla, — chaya mora nātha
Synonyms
jaya — all glories; rūpa — to Rūpa Gosvāmī; sanātana — Sanātana Gosvāmī; jīva — Jīva Gosvāmī; raghunātha — Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; raghunātha — Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī; gopāla — Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī; chaya — six; mora — my; nātha — lords.
Translation
All glories to Rūpa Gosvāmī, Sanātana Gosvāmī, Jīva Gosvāmī, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, Raghunātha Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī and Gopāla Bhaṭṭa Gosvāmī, the six Gosvāmīs of Vṛndāvana! They are all my masters.
Text
yaiche taiche likhi, kari āpana pāvana
Synonyms
Translation
I am writing this narration of the pastimes and attributes of the Lord by the mercy of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and His associates. I do not know how to write properly, but I am purifying myself by writing this description.
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saṅge bhakta-gaṇa lañā kīrtana-vilāsa
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu thus resided at Jagannātha Purī with His personal devotees and enjoyed the congregational chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.
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rātrye rāya-svarūpa-sane rasa-āsvādana
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Translation
In the daytime Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu engaged in dancing and chanting and in seeing the temple of Lord Jagannātha. At night, in the company of His most confidential devotees, such as Rāmānanda Rāya and Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, He tasted the nectar of the transcendental mellows of Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s pastimes.
Text
kṛṣṇera viraha-vikāra aṅge nānā haya
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu very happily passed His days in this way at Nīlācala, Jagannātha Purī. Feeling separation from Kṛṣṇa, He exhibited many transcendental symptoms all over His body.
Text
cintā, udvega, pralāpādi yata śāstre kaya
Synonyms
Translation
Day after day the symptoms increased, and at night they increased even more. All these symptoms, such as transcendental anxiety, agitation and talking like a madman, were present, just as they are described in the śāstras.
Text
rātri-dine kare doṅhe prabhura sahāya
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī and Rāmānanda Rāya, the chief assistants in Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pastimes, remained with Him both day and night.
Text
haridāse dite gelā ānandita hañā
Synonyms
Translation
One day Govinda, the personal servant of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, went in great jubilation to deliver the remnants of Lord Jagannātha’s food to Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
manda manda kariteche saṅkhyā-saṅkīrtana
Synonyms
Translation
When Govinda came to Haridāsa, he saw that Haridāsa Ṭhākura was lying on his back and chanting his rounds very slowly.
Text
haridāsa kahe, — āji karimu laṅghana
Synonyms
Translation
“Please rise and take your mahā-prasādam,” Govinda said.
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “Today I shall observe fasting.
Text
mahā-prasāda āniyācha, ke-mate upekṣiba?
Synonyms
Translation
“I have not finished chanting my regular number of rounds. How, then, can I eat? But you have brought mahā-prasādam, and how can I neglect it?”
Text
eka rañca lañā tāra karilā bhakṣaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Saying this, he offered prayers to the mahā-prasādam, took a little portion, and ate it.
Purport
Mahā-prasādam is nondifferent from Kṛṣṇa. Therefore, instead of eating mahā-prasādam, one should honor it. It is said here, karilā vandana, “he offered prayers.” When taking mahā-prasādam, one should not consider the food ordinary preparations. Prasāda means favor. One should consider mahā-prasādam a favor of Kṛṣṇa. As stated by Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, kṛṣṇa baḍa dayāmaya karibāre jihvā jaya svaprasāda-anna dilā bhāi. Kṛṣṇa is very kind. In this material world we are all very much attached to tasting various types of food. Therefore, Kṛṣṇa eats many nice varieties of food and offers the food back to the devotees, so that not only are one’s demands for various tastes satisfied, but by eating prasādam one makes advancement in spiritual life. Therefore, we should never consider ordinary food on an equal level with mahā-prasādam.
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sustha hao, haridāsa — bali’ tāṅre puchilā
Synonyms
Translation
The next day, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to Haridāsa’s place and inquired from him, “Haridāsa, are you well?”
Text
śarīra sustha haya mora, asustha buddhi-mana
Synonyms
Translation
Haridāsa offered his obeisances to the Lord and replied, “My body is all right, but my mind and intelligence are not well.”
Text
teṅho kahe, — ‘saṅkhyā-kīrtana nā pūraya’
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu further inquired from Haridāsa, “Can you ascertain what your disease is?”
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “My disease is that I cannot complete my rounds.”
If one cannot complete the fixed number of rounds he is assigned, he should be considered to be in a diseased condition of spiritual life. Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura is called nāmācārya. Of course, we cannot imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura, but everyone must chant a prescribed number of rounds. In our Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement we have fixed sixteen rounds as the minimum so that the Westerners will not feel burdened. These sixteen rounds must be chanted, and chanted loudly, so that one can hear himself and others.
Text
siddha-deha tumi, sādhane āgraha kene kara?
Synonyms
Translation
“Now that you have become old,” the Lord said, “you may reduce the number of rounds you chant daily. You are already liberated, and therefore you need not follow the regulative principles very strictly.
Purport
Unless one has come to the platform of spontaneous love of God, he must follow the regulative principles. Ṭhākura Haridāsa was the living example of how to follow the regulative principles. Similarly, Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī was also such a living example. In the Ṣaḍ-gosvāmy-aṣṭaka it is stated, saṅkhyā-pūrvaka-nāma-gāna-natibhiḥ kālāvasānī-kṛtau. The Gosvāmīs, especially Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī, strictly followed all the regulative principles. The first regulative principle is that one must chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra loudly enough so that he can hear himself, and one must vow to chant a fixed number of rounds. Not only was Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī chanting a fixed number of rounds, but he had also taken a vow to bow down many times and offer obeisances to the Lord.
Text
nāmera mahimā loke karilā pracāra
Synonyms
Translation
“Your role in this incarnation is to deliver the people in general. You have sufficiently preached the glories of the holy name in this world.”
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura is known as nāmācārya because it is he who preached the glories of chanting hari-nāma, the holy name of God. By using the words tomāra avatāra (“your incarnation”), Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu confirms that Haridāsa Ṭhākura is the incarnation of Lord Brahmā. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura says that advanced devotees help the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His mission and that such devotees or personal associates incarnate by the will of the Supreme Lord. The Supreme Lord incarnates by His own will, and, by His will, competent devotees also incarnate to help Him in His mission. Haridāsa Ṭhākura is thus the incarnation of Lord Brahmā, and other devotees are likewise incarnations who help in the prosecution of the Lord’s mission.
Text
haridāsa kahe, — “śuna mora satya nivedana
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord concluded, “Now, therefore, please reduce the fixed number of times you chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra.”
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “Kindly hear my real plea.
Text
hīna-karme rata muñi adhama pāmara
Synonyms
Translation
“I was born in an inferior family, and my body is most abominable. I always engage in low work. Therefore, I am the lowest, most condemned of men.
Text
raurava ha-ite kāḍi’ more vaikuṇṭhe caḍāilā
Synonyms
Translation
“I am unseeable and untouchable, but You have accepted me as Your servant. This means that You have delivered me from a hellish condition and raised me to the Vaikuṇṭha platform.
Text
jagat nācāo, yāre yaiche icchā haya
Synonyms
Translation
“My dear Lord, You are the fully independent Personality of Godhead. You act by Your own free will. You cause the whole world to dance and act as You like.
Text
viprera śrāddha-pātra khāinu ‘mleccha’ hañā
Synonyms
Translation
“My dear Lord, by Your mercy You have made me dance in many ways. For example, I was offered the śrāddha-pātra, which should have been offered to first-class brāhmaṇas. I ate from it even though I was born in a family of meat-eaters.
Purport
Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, in his Anubhāṣya, quotes from the Viṣṇu-smṛti in reference to the śrāddha-pātra.
etān vivarjayed yatnāt śrāddha-karmaṇi paṇḍitaḥ
According to this verse, if one is born in a brāhmaṇa family but does not behave according to brahminical standards, he should not be offered the śrāddha-pātra, which is prasādam offered to the forefathers. Advaita Ācārya offered the śrāddha-pātra to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, not to a brāhmaṇa who had been born in a brāhmaṇa family. Although Haridāsa Ṭhākura was born in the family of meat-eaters, because he was an advanced devotee he was shown more respect than a first-class brāhmaṇa.
Text
līlā samvaribe tumi — laya mora citte
Synonyms
Translation
“I have had one desire for a very long time. I think that quite soon, my Lord, You will bring to a close Your pastimes within this material world.
Text
āpanāra āge mora śarīra pāḍibā
Synonyms
Translation
“I wish that You not show me this closing chapter of Your pastimes. Before that time comes, kindly let my body fall down in Your presence.
Text
nayane dekhimu tomāra cāṅda vadana
Synonyms
Translation
“I wish to catch Your lotuslike feet upon my heart and see Your moonlike face.
Text
ei-mata mora icchā, — chāḍimu parāṇa
Synonyms
Translation
“With my tongue I shall chant Your holy name, ‘Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya!’ That is my desire. Kindly let me give up my body in this way.
Text
ei nivedana mora kara, dayāmaya
Synonyms
Translation
“O most merciful Lord, if by Your mercy it is possible, kindly grant my desire.
Text
ei vāñchā-siddhi mora tomātei lāge”
Synonyms
Translation
“Let this lowborn body fall down before You. You can make possible this perfection of all my desires.”
Text
kṛṣṇa kṛpāmaya tāhā avaśya karibe
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “My dear Haridāsa, Kṛṣṇa is so merciful that He must execute whatever you want.
Text
tomāra yogya nahe, — yābe āmāre chāḍiyā”
Synonyms
Translation
“But whatever happiness is Mine is all due to your association. It is not fitting for you to go away and leave Me behind.”
Text
avaśya mo-adhame, prabhu, kara ei ‘dayā’
Synonyms
Translation
Catching the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, Haridāsa Ṭhākura said, “My Lord, do not create an illusion! Although I am so fallen, You must certainly show me this mercy!
Text
tomāra līlāra sahāya koṭi-bhakta haya
Synonyms
Translation
“My Lord, there are many respectable personalities, millions of devotees, who are fit to sit on my head. They are all helpful in Your pastimes.
Text
eka pipīlikā maile pṛthvīra kāhāṅ hāni haila?
Synonyms
Translation
“My Lord, if an insignificant insect like me dies, what is the loss? If an ant dies, where is the loss to the material world?
Text
avaśya pūrābe, prabhu, mora ei āśa”
Synonyms
Translation
“My Lord, You are always affectionate to Your devotees. I am just an imitation devotee, but nevertheless I wish that You fulfill my desire. That is my expectation.”
Text
īśvara dekhiyā kāli dibena daraśane
Synonyms
Translation
Because He had to perform His noon duties, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu got up to leave, but it was settled that the following day, after He saw Lord Jagannātha, He would return to visit Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
madhyāhna karite samudre karilā gamana
Synonyms
Translation
After embracing him, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left to perform His noon duties and went to the sea to take His bath.
Text
haridāse dekhite āilā śīghra kariyā
Synonyms
Translation
The next morning, after visiting the Jagannātha temple, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, accompanied by all His devotees, went hastily to see Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
haridāsa vandilā prabhura āra vaiṣṇava-caraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and the devotees came before Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who offered his respects to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu and all the Vaiṣṇavas.
Text
haridāsa kahe, — ‘prabhu, ye kṛpā tomāra’
Synonyms
Translation
Lord Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired, “My dear Haridāsa, what is the news?”
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “My Lord, whatever mercy You can bestow upon me.”
Text
vakreśvara-paṇḍita tāhāṅ karena nartana
Synonyms
aṅgane — in the courtyard; ārambhilā — began; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; mahā-saṅkīrtana — great congregational chanting; vakreśvara-paṇḍita — Vakreśvara Paṇḍita; tāhāṅ — there; karena nartana — danced.
Translation
Upon hearing this, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu immediately began great congregational chanting in the courtyard. Vakreśvara Paṇḍita was the chief dancer.
Text
haridāse beḍi’ kare nāma-saṅkīrtana
Synonyms
Translation
Headed by Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī, all the devotees of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu surrounded Haridāsa Ṭhākura and began congregational chanting.
Text
haridāsera guṇa prabhu lāgilā kahite
Synonyms
rāmānanda — Rāmānanda Rāya; sārvabhauma — Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya; sabāra — of all; agrete — in front; haridāsera — of Haridāsa Ṭhākura; guṇa — attributes; prabhu — Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu; lāgilā kahite — began to describe.
Translation
In front of all the great devotees like Rāmānanda Rāya and Sārvabhauma Bhaṭṭācārya, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu began to describe the holy attributes of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
kahite kahite prabhura bāḍe mahā-sukha
Synonyms
Translation
As He described the transcendental attributes of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu seemed to possess five mouths. The more He described, the more His great happiness increased.
Text
sarva-bhakta vande haridāsera caraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
After hearing of the transcendental qualities of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, all the devotees present were struck with wonder. They all offered their respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
nija-netra — dui bhṛṅga — mukha-padme dilā
Synonyms
Translation
Haridāsa Ṭhākura made Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down in front of him, and then he fixed his eyes, like two bumblebees, on the lotus face of the Lord.
Text
sarva-bhakta-pada-reṇu mastaka-bhūṣaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
He held the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on his heart and then took the dust of the feet of all the devotees present and put it on his head.
Text
prabhu-mukha-mādhurī piye, netre jala-dhāra
Synonyms
Translation
He began to chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya again and again. As he drank the sweetness of the face of the Lord, tears constantly glided down from his eyes.
Text
nāmera sahita prāṇa kaila utkrāmaṇa
Synonyms
Translation
While chanting the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, he gave up his air of life and left his body.
Text
‘bhīṣmera niryāṇa’ sabāra ha-ila smaraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Seeing the wonderful death of Haridāsa Ṭhākura by his own will, which was just like a great mystic yogī’s, everyone remembered the passing away of Bhīṣma.
Text
premānande mahāprabhu ha-ilā vihvala
Synonyms
Translation
There was a tumultuous noise as they all chanted the holy names “Hari” and “Kṛṣṇa.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became overwhelmed with ecstatic love.
Text
aṅgane nācena prabhu premāviṣṭa hañā
Synonyms
Translation
The Lord raised the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and placed it on His lap. Then He began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.
Text
premāveśe sabe nāce, karena kīrtana
Synonyms
Translation
Because of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s ecstatic love, all the devotees were helpless, and in ecstatic love they also began to dance and chant congregationally.
Text
svarūpa-gosāñi prabhure karāila sāvadhāna
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced for some time, and then Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī informed Him of other rituals for the body of Ṭhākura Haridāsa.
Text
samudre lañā gelā tabe kīrtana kariyā
Synonyms
Translation
The body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura was then raised onto a carrier that resembled an airship and taken to the sea, accompanied by congregational chanting.
Text
pāche nṛtya kare vakreśvara bhakta-gaṇa-sāthe
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced in front of the procession, and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita, along with the other devotees, chanted and danced behind Him.
Text
prabhu kahe, — “samudra ei ‘mahā-tīrtha’ ha-ilā”
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura in the sea and then declared, “From this day on, this sea has become a great pilgrimage site.”
Text
haridāsera aṅge dilā prasāda-candana
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone drank the water that had touched the lotus feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and then they smeared remnants of Lord Jagannātha’s sandalwood pulp over Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s body.
Text
vālukāra garta kari’ tāhe śoyāilā
Synonyms
Translation
After a hole was dug in the sand, the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura was placed into it. Remnants from Lord Jagannātha, such as His silken ropes, sandalwood pulp, food and cloth, were placed on the body.
Text
vakreśvara-paṇḍita karena ānande nartana
Synonyms
Translation
All around the body, the devotees performed congregational chanting, and Vakreśvara Paṇḍita danced in jubilation.
Text
āpani śrī-haste vālu dilā tāṅra gāya
Synonyms
Translation
With His transcendental hands, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu personally covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand, chanting “Haribol! Haribol!”
Text
caudike piṇḍera mahā āvaraṇa kailā
Synonyms
Translation
The devotees covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand and then constructed a platform upon the site. The platform was protected all around by fencing.
Text
hari-dhvani-kolāhale bharila bhuvana
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu danced and chanted all around the platform, and as the holy name of Hari roared tumultuously, the whole universe became filled with the vibration.
Text
samudre karilā snāna-jala-keli raṅge
Synonyms
Translation
After saṅkīrtana, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bathed in the sea with His devotees, swimming and playing in the water in great jubilation.
Text
hari-kīrtana-kolāhala sakala nagare
Synonyms
Translation
After circumambulating the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu went to the Siṁha-dvāra gate of the Jagannātha temple. The whole city chanted in congregation, and the tumultuous sound vibrated all over the city.
Text
āṅcala pātiyā prasāda māgilā tathāi
Synonyms
Translation
Approaching the Siṁha-dvāra gate, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu spread His cloth and began to beg prasādam from all the shopkeepers there.
Text
prasāda māgiye bhikṣā deha’ ta’ āmāre’
Synonyms
Translation
“I am begging prasādam for a festival honoring the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura,” the Lord said. “Please give Me alms.”
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prasāda dite āse tārā ānandita hañā
Synonyms
Translation
Hearing this, all the shopkeepers immediately came forward with big baskets of prasādam, which they jubilantly delivered to Lord Caitanya.
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cāṅgaḍā lañā pasāri pasāre vasila
Synonyms
Translation
However, Svarūpa Dāmodara stopped them, and the shopkeepers returned to their shops and sat down with their baskets.
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cāri vaiṣṇava, cāri pichāḍā saṅge rākhilā
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara sent Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu back to His residence and kept with him four Vaiṣṇavas and four servant carriers.
Text
eka eka dravyera eka eka puñjā deha’ more
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara said to all the shopkeepers, “Deliver to me four palmfuls of prasādam from each and every item.”
Text
lañā āilā cāri janera mastake caḍāñā
Synonyms
Translation
In this way varieties of prasādam were collected, then packed up in different loads and carried on the heads of the four servants.
Text
kāśī-miśra aneka prasāda pāṭhāilā
Synonyms
Translation
Not only did Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī bring prasādam, but Vāṇīnātha Paṭṭanāyaka and Kāśī Miśra also sent large quantities.
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āpane pariveśe prabhu lañā janā cāri
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu made all the devotees sit in rows and personally began to distribute the prasādam, assisted by four other men.
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eka-eka pāte pañca-janāra bhakṣya pariveśe
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu was not accustomed to taking prasādam in small quantities. He therefore put on each plate what at least five men could eat.
Text
āmi iṅhā-sabā lañā kari pariveśana
Synonyms
Translation
Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī requested Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “Please sit down and watch. With these men to help me, I shall distribute the prasādam.”
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cāri-jana pariveśana kare nirantara
Synonyms
svarūpa — Svarūpa Dāmodara Gosvāmī; jagadānanda — Jagadānanda Paṇḍita; kāśīśvara — Kāśīśvara; śaṅkara — Śaṅkara; cāri-jana — four men; pariveśana kare — administer; nirantara — continuously.
Translation
The four men — Svarūpa Dāmodara, Jagadānanda, Kāśīśvara and Śaṅkara — distributed the prasādam continuously.
Text
prabhure se dine kāśī-miśrera nimantraṇa
Synonyms
Translation
All the devotees who sat down would not eat the prasādam as long as the Lord had not eaten. On that day, however, Kāśī Miśra had extended an invitation to the Lord.
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prabhure bhikṣā karāilā āgraha kariyā
Synonyms
Translation
Therefore Kāśī Miśra personally went there and delivered prasādam to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu with great attention and made Him eat.
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sakala vaiṣṇava tabe bhojana karilā
Synonyms
Translation
With Paramānanda Purī and Brahmānanda Bhāratī, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sat down and accepted the prasādam. When He began to eat, so did all the Vaiṣṇavas.
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deha’ deha’ bali’ prabhu balena vacana
Synonyms
Translation
Everyone was filled up to the neck because Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu kept telling the distributors, “Give them more! Give them more!”
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sabāre parāilā prabhu mālya-candana
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Translation
After all the devotees finished accepting prasādam and had washed their hands and mouths, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu decorated each of them with a flower garland and sandalwood pulp.
Text
śuni’ bhakta-gaṇera juḍāya manas-kāma
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Translation
Overwhelmed with ecstatic love, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu offered a benediction to all the devotees, which all the devotees heard with great satisfaction.
Text
ye ihāṅ nṛtya kaila, ye kaila kīrtana
tāra madhye mahotsave ye kaila bhojana
haridāsa-daraśane haya aiche ‘śakti’
Synonyms
haridāsera — of Haridāsa Ṭhākura; vijaya-utsava — the festival of the passing away; ye — anyone who; kaila darśana — has seen; ye — anyone who; ihāṅ — here; nṛtya kaila — danced; ye — anyone who; kaila kīrtana — chanted; ye — anyone who; tāṅre — upon him; vālukā dite — to offer sand; karila gamana — came forward; tāra madhye — in that connection; mahotsave — in the festival; ye — anyone who; kaila bhojana — took prasādam; acire — very soon; ha-ibe — there will be; tā-sabāra — of all of them; kṛṣṇa-prāpti — attainment of Kṛṣṇa; haridāsa-daraśane — by seeing Haridāsa Ṭhākura; haya — there is; aiche — such; śakti — power.
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave this benediction: “Anyone who has seen the festival of Śrī Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s passing away, anyone who has chanted and danced here, anyone who has offered sand on the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, and anyone who has joined this festival to partake of the prasādam will achieve the favor of Kṛṣṇa very soon. There is such wonderful power in seeing Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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svatantra kṛṣṇera icchā, — kailā saṅga-bhaṅga
Synonyms
Translation
“Being merciful upon Me, Kṛṣṇa gave Me the association of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Being independent in His desires, He has now broken that association.
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āmāra śakati tāṅre nārila rākhite
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Translation
“When Haridāsa Ṭhākura wanted to leave this material world, it was not within My power to detain him.
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pūrve yena śuniyāchi bhīṣmera maraṇa
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Translation
“Simply by his will, Haridāsa Ṭhākura could give up his life and go away, exactly like Bhīṣma, who previously died simply by his own desire, as we have heard from śāstra.
Text
tāhā vinā ratna-śūnyā ha-ila medinī
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Translation
“Haridāsa Ṭhākura was the crown jewel on the head of this world; without him, this world is now bereft of its valuable jewel.”
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eta bali’ mahāprabhu nācena āpani
Synonyms
Translation
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu then told everyone, “Say ‘All glories to Haridāsa Ṭhākura!’ and chant the holy name of Hari.” Saying this, He personally began to dance.
Text
nāmera mahimā yeṅha karilā prakāśa”
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Translation
Everyone began to chant, “All glories to Haridāsa Ṭhākura, who revealed the importance of chanting the holy name of the Lord!”
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harṣa-viṣāde prabhu viśrāma karilā
Synonyms
Translation
Thereafter, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu bade farewell to all the devotees, and He Himself, with mixed feelings of happiness and distress, took rest.
Text
yāhāra śravaṇe kṛṣṇe dṛḍha-bhakti haya
Synonyms
Translation
Thus I have spoken about the victorious passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. Anyone who hears this narration will certainly fix his mind firmly in devotional service to Kṛṣṇa.
Purport
At Puruṣottama-kṣetra, or Jagannātha Purī, there is a temple of Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha. If one goes from there to the sea, he can discover the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura still existing. Every year on the date of Ananta-caturdaśī there is a festival to commemorate the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. At the same place, Deities of Nityānanda Prabhu, Kṛṣṇa Caitanya Mahāprabhu and Advaita Prabhu were established about one hundred years ago. A gentleman named Bhramaravara from Kendrāpāḍā, in the province of Orissa, contributed funds to establish these Deities in the temple. The management of the temple was under the Ṭoṭā-gopīnātha gosvāmīs.
This temple was later sold to someone else, and this party is now maintaining the sevā-pūjā of the temple. Near this temple and the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura constructed a small house called the Bhakti-kuṭī. In the Bengali year 1329 (A.D. 1922), the Puruṣottama-maṭha, a branch of the Gauḍīya Maṭha, was established there. In the Bhakti-ratnākara it is stated:
haridāsa-ṭhākurera samādhi dekhilā
bhāgavata-gaṇa śrī-samādhi-sannidhāne
śrīnivāse sthira kailā sasneha-vacane
ye vilāpa kailā, tā śunile drave hiyā
“Śrīnivāsa Ṭhākura quickly ran to the seashore. When he saw the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, he immediately fell down offering prayers and almost fainted. The devotees present there pacified him with very sweet and affectionate words, and Śrīnivāsa again offered his obeisances to the tomb. Hearing of the separation that Śrīnivāsa expressed in his lamentation at the tomb of Haridāsa Ṭhākura makes one’s heart melt.”
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bhakta-vāñchā pūrṇa kailā nyāsi-śiromaṇi
Synonyms
Translation
From the incident of Haridāsa Ṭhākura’s passing away and the great care Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu took in commemorating it, one can understand just how affectionate He is toward His devotees. Although He is the topmost of all sannyāsīs, He fully satisfied the desire of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
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tāṅre kole kari’ kailā āpane nartana
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Translation
When Haridāsa Ṭhākura was at the last stage of his life, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave him His company and allowed him to touch Him. Thereafter, He took the body of Ṭhākura Haridāsa on His lap and personally danced with it.
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āpane prasāda māgi’ mahotsava kailā
Synonyms
Translation
Out of His causeless mercy the Lord personally covered the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura with sand and personally begged alms from the shopkeepers. Then He conducted a great festival to celebrate the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.
Text
e saubhāgya lāgi’ āge karilā prayāṇa
Synonyms
Translation
Haridāsa Ṭhākura was not only the topmost devotee of the Lord but also a great and learned scholar. It was his great fortune that he passed away before Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
Purport
Haridāsa Ṭhākura is mentioned here as the most learned scholar, parama-vidvān. Actually, the most important science to know is the science of getting out of the clutches of material existence. Anyone who knows this science must be considered the greatest learned person. Anyone who knows the temporary situation of this material world and is expert in achieving a permanent situation in the spiritual world, who knows that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is beyond the jurisdiction of our experimental knowledge, is understood to be the most learned scholar. Haridāsa Ṭhākura knew this science perfectly. Therefore, he is described in this connection as parama-vidvān. He personally preached the importance of chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mahā-mantra, which is approved by the revealed scriptures. As stated in the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (7.5.24):
kriyeta bhagavaty addhā tan manye ’dhītam uttamam
There are nine different processes of devotional service to Kṛṣṇa, the most important being śravaṇaṁ kīrtanam — hearing and chanting. Haridāsa Ṭhākura knew this science very well, and he can therefore be called, technically, sarva-śāstrādhītī. Anyone who has learned the essence of all the Vedic scriptures is to be known as a first-class educated person, with full knowledge of all śāstra.
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karṇa-mana tṛpta kare yāra eka bindu
Synonyms
Translation
The life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu are exactly like an ocean of nectar, one drop of which can please the mind and ear.
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śraddhā kari’ śuna sei caitanya-caritra
Synonyms
Translation
Anyone who desires to cross over the ocean of nescience, please hear with great faith the life and characteristics of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
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caitanya-caritāmṛta kahe kṛṣṇadāsa
Synonyms
śrī-rūpa — Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī; raghunātha — Śrīla Raghunātha dāsa Gosvāmī; pade — at the lotus feet; yāra — whose; āśa — expectation; caitanya-caritāmṛta — the book named Caitanya-caritāmṛta; kahe — describes; kṛṣṇadāsa — Śrīla Kṛṣṇadāsa Kavirāja Gosvāmī.
Translation
Praying at the lotus feet of Śrī Rūpa and Śrī Raghunātha, always desiring their mercy, I, Kṛṣṇadāsa, narrate Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, following in their footsteps.
Purport
Thus end the Bhaktivedanta purports to Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, Antya-līlā, eleventh chapter, describing the passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.