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Šri Caitanya  caritāmrtā
[[Madhya-lilā. Ch 11
Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His representative before adopting such a way of life. The duty of a pure devotee or a servant of the Lord is to carry out the order of the Lord. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked Nityānanda Prabhu to go to Bengal and preach, and He asked the Gosvāmīs, Rūpa and Sanātana, to go to Vṛndāvana and excavate the lost places of pilgrimage. In this case the Lord asked Haridāsa Ṭhākura to remain there at Jagannātha Purī and constantly chant the holy names of the Lord. Thus Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu gave different persons different orders, and consequently one should not try to imitate the behavior of Haridāsa Ṭhākura without being ordered by Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu or His representative. Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura condemns such imitations in this way:
dușța mana! tumi kisera vaișnava?  
 pratișțhăra tare, nirjanera ghare,  
 tava hari-năma kevala kaitava
“My dear mind, you are trying to imitate Haridāsa Ṭhākura and chant the Hare Kṛṣṇa  mantra  in a secluded place, but you are not worth being called a Vaiṣṇava because what you want is cheap popularity and not the actual qualifications of Haridāsa Ṭhākura. If you try to imitate him you will fall down, for your neophyte position will cause you to think of women and money. Thus you will fall into the clutches of  māyā , and your so-called chanting in a secluded place will bring about your downfall.”
TEXT 1966
নিত্যানন্দ, জগদানন্দ, দামোদর, মুকুন্দ । 
হরিদাসে মিলি’ সবে পাইল আনন্দ ॥ ১৯৬ ॥
nityānanda, jagadānanda, dāmodara, mukunda haridāse mili’ sabe pāila ānanda
SYNONYMS
nityānanda —Nityānanda;  jagadānanda —Jagadānanda;  dāmodara —Dāmodara;  mukunda —Mukunda;  haridāse —Haridāsa;  mili' —meeting;  sabe —all of them;  pāila —got;  ānanda —great pleasure.
TRANSLATION
When Nityānanda Prabhu, Jagadānanda Prabhu, Dāmodara Prabhu and Mukunda Prabhu met Haridāsa Ṭhākura, they all became very much pleased.