CC Antya 11.23 (1975)

Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta (1975) - Antya-līlā - Chapter 11: The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

Antya-līlā 11.22 - Antya-līlā 11.24

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His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 23

prabhu kahe,--'kon vyādhi, kaha ta' nirṇaya?'

teṅho kahe,--'saṅkhyā-kīrtana nā pūraya'

SYNONYMS

prabhu kahe—Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu said; kon vyādhi—what disease; kaha ta' nirṇaya—can you ascertain; teṅho kahe—he said; saṅkhyā-kīrtana—fixed amount of chanting; nā pūraya—has not become complete.

TRANSLATION

Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu further inquired from Haridāsa, "Can you ascertain what your disease is?" Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, "My disease is that I cannot complete my rounds."

PURPORT

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.

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