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The Glories of Śrīla Haridāsa Ṭhākura .

eka-dina prabhu haridāsere mililātāńhā lañā goṣṭhī kari' tāńhāre puchilāOne day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu met Haridāsa Ṭhākura as usual, and in the course of discussion He inquired as follows.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta)."haridāsa, kali-kāle yavana apārago-brāhmaṇe hiḿsā kare mahā durācāraMy dear Ṭhākura Haridāsa, in this Age of Kali most people are bereft of Vedic culture, and therefore they are called yavanas. They are concerned only with killing cows and brahminical culture. In this way they all engage in sinful acts. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).ihā-sabāra kon mate ha-ibe nistāra?tāhāra hetu nā dekhiye, — e duḥkha apāra""How will these yavanas be delivered? To My great unhappiness, I do not see any way." (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).haridāsa kahe, — "prabhu, cintā nā karihayavanera saḿsāra dekhi' duḥkha nā bhāvihaHaridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "My dear Lord, do not be in anxiety. Do not be unhappy to see the condition of the yavanas in material existence.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).yavana-sakalera 'mukti' habe anāyāse'hā rāma, hā rāma' bali' kahe nāmābhāse"Because the yavanas are accustomed to saying 'hā rāma, hā rāma' ('O Lord Rāmacandra'), they will very easily be delivered by this nāmābhāsa.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).mahā-preme bhakta kahe, — 'hā rāma, hā rāma'yavanera bhāgya dekha, laya sei nāma"A devotee in advanced ecstatic love exclaims, 'O my Lord Rāmacandra! O my Lord Rāmacandra!' But the yavanas also chant, 'hā rāma, hā rāma!' Just see their good fortune!"(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).yadyapi anya sańkete anya haya nāmābhāsatathāpi nāmera teja nā haya vināśaNāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the authority on the chanting of the holy name, said, "The chanting of the Lord's holy name to indicate something other than the Lord is an instance of nāmābhāsa. Even when the holy name is chanted in this way, its transcendental power is not destroyed.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).daḿṣṭri-daḿṣṭrāhato mlecchohā rāmeti punaḥ punaḥuktvāpi muktim āpnotikiḿ punaḥ śraddhayā gṛṇan"'Even a mleccha who is being killed by the tusk of a boar and who cries in distress again and again, "hā rāma, hā rāma" attains liberation. What then to speak of those who chant the holy name with veneration and faith?' (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).ajāmila putre bolāya bali 'nārāyaṇa'viṣṇu-dūta āsi' chāḍāya tāhāra bandhana"Ajāmila was a great sinner during his life, but at the time of death he accidentally called for his youngest son, whose name was Nārāyaṇa, and the attendants of Lord Viṣṇu came to relieve him from the bonds of Yamarāja, the superintendent of death.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).'rāma' dui akṣara ihā nahe vyavahitaprema-vācī 'hā'-śabda tāhāte bhūṣita"The word 'rāma' consists of the two syllables 'rā' and 'ma.' These are unseparated and are decorated with the loving word 'hā,' meaning 'O.'(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).nāmera akṣara-sabera ei ta' svabhāvavyavahita haile nā chāḍe āpana-prabhāva"The letters of the holy name have so much spiritual potency that they act even when uttered improperly.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).nāmaikaḿ yasya vāci smaraṇa-patha-gataḿ śrotra-mūlaḿ gataḿ vāśuddhaḿ vāśuddha-varṇaḿ vyavahita-rahitaḿ tārayaty eva satyamtac ced deha-draviṇa-janatā-lobha-pāṣaṇḍa-madhyenikṣiptaḿ syān na phala-janakaḿ śīghram evātra vipra"If a devotee once utters the holy name of the Lord, or if it penetrates his mind or enters his ear, which is the channel of aural reception, that holy name will certainly deliver him from material bondage, whether vibrated properly or improperly, with correct or incorrect grammar, or properly joined or vibrated in separate parts. O brāhmaṇa, the potency of the holy name is therefore certainly great. However, if one uses the vibration of the holy name for the benefit of the material body, for material wealth and followers, or under the influence of greed or atheism — in other words, if one utters the name with offenses — such chanting will not produce the desired result very soon. Therefore one should diligently avoid offenses in chanting the holy name of the Lord.'" (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).nāmābhāsa haite haya sarva-pāpa-kṣayaNāmācārya Haridāsa Ṭhākura continued, "If one offenselessly utters the holy name even imperfectly, one can be freed from all the results of sinful life. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).taḿ nirvyājaḿ bhaja guṇa-nidhe pāvanaḿ pāvanānāḿśraddhā-rajyan-matir atitarām uttamaḥ-śloka-maulimprodyann antaḥ-karaṇa-kuhare hanta yan-nāma-bhānorābhāso 'pi kṣapayati mahā-pātaka-dhvānta-rāśimO reservoir of all good qualities, just worship Śrī Kṛṣṇa, the purifier of all purifiers, the most exalted of the personalities worshiped by choice poetry. Worship Him with a faithful, unflinching mind, without duplicity and in a highly elevated manner. Thus worship the Lord, whose name is like the sun, for just as a slight appearance of the sun dissipates the darkness of night, so a slight appearance of the holy name of Kṛṣṇa can drive away all the darkness of ignorance that arises in the heart due to greatly sinful activities performed in previous lives.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).mriyamāṇo harer nāmagṛṇan putropacāritamajāmilo 'py agād dhāmakim uta śraddhayā gṛṇanWhile dying, Ajāmila chanted the holy name of the Lord, intending to call his son Nārāyaṇa. Nevertheless, he attained the spiritual world. What then to speak of those who chant the holy name with faith and reverence? (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).śuniyā prabhura sukha bāḍaye antarepunarapi bhańgī kari' puchaye tāńhāreAs Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu heard this from Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the happiness within His heart increased, but as a matter of course, He still inquired further. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta)."pṛthivīte bahu-jīva — sthāvara-jańgamaihā-sabāra ki prakāre ha-ibe mocana?""On this earth there are many living entities," the Lord said, "some moving and some not moving. What will happen to the trees, plants, insects and other living entities? How will they be delivered from material bondage?" (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).haridāsa kahe, — "prabhu, se kṛpā tomārasthāvara-jańgama āge kariyācha nistāraHaridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "My dear Lord, the deliverance of all moving and nonmoving living entities takes place only by Your mercy. You have already granted this mercy and delivered them. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).tumi ye kariyācha ei ucca sańkīrtanasthāvara-jańgamera sei hayata' śravaṇaYou have loudly chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra, and everyone, moving or not moving, has benefited by hearing it.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).śuniyā jańgamera haya saḿsāra-kṣayasthāvare se śabda lāge, pratidhvani hayaMy Lord, the moving entities who have heard Your loud sańkīrtana have already been delivered from bondage to the material world, and after the nonmoving living entities like trees hear it, there is an echo. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).'pratidhvani' nahe, sei karaye 'kīrtana'tomāra kṛpāra ei akathya kathanaActually, however, it is not an echo: it is the kīrtana of the nonmoving living entities. All this, although inconceivable, is possible by Your mercy.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).sakala jagate haya ucca sańkīrtanaśuniyā premāveśe nāce sthāvara-jańgamaWhen loud chanting of the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra is performed all over the world by those who follow in Your footsteps, all living entities, moving and nonmoving, dance in ecstatic devotional love. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).bhaktera guṇa kahite prabhura bāḍaye ullāsabhakta-gaṇa-śreṣṭha tāte śrī-haridāsaŚrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu derives great pleasure from glorifying His devotees, and among the devotees, Haridāsa Ṭhākura is the foremost.(Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).haridāsera guṇa-gaṇa — asańkhya, apārakeha kona aḿśe varṇe, nāhi pāya pāraThe transcendental qualities of Haridāsa Ṭhākura are innumerable and unfathomable. One may describe a portion of them, but to count them all is impossible. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).nirjana-vane kuṭira kari' tulasī sevanarātri-dine tina lakṣa nāma-sańkīrtanaHaridāsa Ṭhākura constructed a cottage in a solitary forest. There he planted a tulasī plant, and in front of the tulasī he would chant the holy name of the Lord 300,000 times daily. He chanted throughout the entire day and night. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).brāhmaṇera ghare kare bhikṣā nirvāhaṇaprabhāve sakala loka karaye pūjanaFor his bodily maintenance he would go to a brāhmaṇa's house and beg some food. He was spiritually so influential that all the neighbouring people worshiped him. (Sri Caitanya Caritamrta).

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