CHAPTER 2
The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa
The purport of this chapter is explained by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his
Amrta-pravaha-bhasya as follows. Krsnadasa Kaviraja Gosvami, the author of Sri
Caitanya-caritamrta, wanted to explain direct meetings with $ri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu, meetings with those empowered by Him, and His avirbhava ap-
pearance. Thus he described the glories of Nrsirnhananda and other devotees. A
devotee named Bhagavan Acarya was exceptionally faithful to the lotus feet of Sri
Caitanya Mahdaprabhu. Nevertheless, his brother, Gopala Bhatta Acdrya, dis-
coursed upon the commentary of impersonalism (Mayavada). Srila Svarcpa
Damodara Gosvami, the secretary of $ri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, forbid Bhagavan
Acarya to indulge in hearing that commentary. Later, when Junior Haridasa, follow-
ing the order of Bhagavan Acdrya, went to collect alms from Madhavidevi, he
committed an offense by talking intimately with a woman although he was in the
renounced order. Because of this, Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu rejected Junior
Haridasa, and despite all the requests of the Lord’s stalwart devotees, the Lord did
not accept him again. One year after this incident, Junior Haridasa went to the
confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna and committed suicide. In his spiritual
body, however, he continued to sing devotional songs, and sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu heard them. When the Vaisnavas of Bengal went to see Sri Caitanya
Mahdaprabhu, these incidents became known to Svartipa Damodara and others.
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Sri-rapam sagrajatamm saha-gana-raghunathanvitam tam sa-jivam
sddvaitarn savadhitam parijana-sahitam krsna-caitanya-devam
$ri-radha-krsna-padan saha-gana-lalita-sri-visakhanvitams ca
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