Text 146] The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa 193
TRANSLATION
After all the devotees saw this example, a mentality of fear grew among
them. Therefore they all stopped talking with women, even in dreams.
PURPORT
In connection with stri-sambhdasana, talking with women, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Thakura says that talking with women for the purpose of mingling with
them for sense gratification, subtle or gross, is strictly prohibited. Canakya Pandita,
the great moral instructor, says, matrvat para-daresu. Thus not only a person in the
renounced order or one engaged in devotional service but everyone should avoid
mingling with women. One should consider another's wife his mother.
TEXT 145
GRAS SAIC OF FeAA CHA |
Sq WalaiyA Aa AIH alse i s8e 1
ei-mate haridasera eka vatsara gela
tabu mahaprabhura mane prasada nahila
SYNONYMS
ei-mate—in this way; haridasera—of Junior Haridasa; eka vatsara—one year;
gela—passed; tabu—still; mahaprabhura—of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu; mane —
in the mind; prasada nahila—there were no symptoms of mercy.
TRANSLATION
In this way a complete year passed for Junior Haridasa, but still there was
not a sign of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu’s mercy toward him.
TEXT 146
Ais MAcaiey SHTA TAe, Fa] |
ARCACS cater Sica aR ai aferal uv swt
ratri avasese prabhure dandavat haha
prayagete gela kdreha kichu nd baliyd
SYNONYMS
ratri avasese—at the end of one night; prabhure—unto Sri Caitanya
Mahaprabhu; dandavat harid—offering obeisances; prayagete—to the holy place
known as Prayaga (Allahabad); gela—went; kareha—to anyone; kichu—any-
thing; na baliy4—not saying.
