Text 1661
The Redā-kīrtana Pastimes
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SYNONYMS
haridāsa kahe —Haridāsa Ṭhākura said;  muñi —l;  nīca-jāti —low caste;  chāra —abominable;  mandira-nikaṭe —near the temple;  yāite —to go;  mora —my;  nāhi —there is not;  ādhikāra —authority.
TRANSLATION
Haridāsa Ṭhākura replied, “I cannot go near the temple because I am a low-caste abominable person. I have no authority to go there.”
PURPORT
Although Haridāsa Țhākura was such a highly exalted Vaiṣṇava that he was addressed as Haridāsa Gosvāmī, he still did not like to disturb the common sense of the general populace. Haridāsa Țhākura was so exalted that he was addressed as  ṭhākura  and  gosāñi , and these titles are offered to the most advanced Vaiṣṇavas. The spiritual master is generally called  gosāñi , and  ṭhākura  is used to address the  paramahaṁsas , those in the topmost rank of spirituality. Nonetheless Haridāsa Țhākura did not want to go near the temple, although he was called there by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu Himself. The Jagannātha temple still accepts only those Hindus who are in the  varṇāśrama  order. Other castes, especially those who are not Hindu, are not allowed to enter the temple. This is a long-standing regulation and thus Haridāsa Țhākura, although certainly competent and qualified to enter the temple, did not want even to go near it. This is called Vaiṣṇava humility.
TEXT 1666
নিভৃতে টোটা-মধ্যে স্থান যদি পাঙ ।।
তাহাঁ  পিত্তি’ রহো, একলৈ কাল গোউঙে ॥ ১৬৬ ॥
nibhṛte ṭoṭā-madhye sthāna yadi pāṅa tāhāṅ paḍi’ raho, ekale kāla goṅāṅa
SYNONYMS
nibhṛte —in a solitary place;  ṭoṭā-madhye —within the gardens;  sthāna —place;  yadi —if;  pāṅa —I get;  tāhāṅ —there;  paḍi’ raho —I shall stay;  ekale —alone;  kāla —time;  goṅāṅa —I shall pass.
TRANSLATION
Haridāsa Ṭhākura then expressed his desire:  “If I could just get to a solitary place near the temple, I could stay there alone and pass my time.