Text 104]
The Chastisement of Junior Haridāsa
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TRANSLATION
A devotee named Choṭa Haridāsa used to sing for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Bhagavān Ācārya called him to his home and spoke as follows.
TEXT 103
‘মোর নামে শিখি-মাহিতির ভগিনী-স্বানে গিয়া। শুক্লচাউল এক মান আনহ মাগিয়া ॥’ ১০৩ ॥
‘mora nāme śikhi-māhitira bhaginī-sthāne giyā śukla-cāula eka māna ānaha māgiyā’
SYNONYMS
mora nāme—in my name; śikhi-māhitira—of Śikhi Māhiti; bhaginī-sthāne—at the place of the sister; giyā—going; śukla-cāula—white rice; eka māna—the measurement of one māna; ānaha—please bring; māgiyā—requesting.
TRANSLATION
“Please go to the sister of Śikhi Māhiti. In my name, ask her for a māna of white rice and bring it here.”
PURPORT
In India śukla-cāula (white rice) is also called ātapa-cāula, or rice that has not been boiled before being threshed. Another kind of rice, called siddha-cāula (brown rice), is boiled before being threshed. Generally, first-class fine white rice is required for offerings to the Deity. Thus Bhagavān Ācārya asked Choṭa Haridāsa, or Junior Haridāsa, a singer in the assembly of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, to get some of this rice from the sister of Śikhi Māhiti. A māna is a standard of measurement in Orissa for rice and other food grains.
TEXT 104
মাহিতির ভগিনী সেই, নাম—মাধবী-দেবী । বৃদ্ধা তপস্বিনী আর পরমা বৈষ্ণবী ॥ ১০৪ ॥
māhitira bhaginī sei, nāma—mādhavī-devī vṛddhā tapasvinī āra paramā vaiṣṇavī
SYNONYMS
māhitira bhaginī—sister of Śikhi Māhiti; sei—that; nāma—named; mādhavī-devī—of the name Mādhavīdevī; vṛddhā—an elderly lady; tapasvinī—very strict in executing devotional service; āra—and; paramā vaiṣṇavī—a first-class devotee.