Text 106] The Glories of Haridasa Thakura 261
TEXT 105
Caplates $rw,— “oS caarh afer |
Sfa-ng sa Sera Caaray-w4 Atal ” soe 4
vesya-gane kahe, —“ei vairagi haridasa
tumi-saba kara ihdra vairagya-dharma nasa”
SYNONYMS
vesyd-gane—unto the prostitutes; kahe—said; ei—this; vairaégi—mendicant;
haridasa—Haridasa Thakura; tumi-saba—all of you; kara—cause; ihara—his;
vairagya-dharma—from the life of a mendicant; nasa—deviation.
TRANSLATION
Ramacandra Khan said to the prostitutes, ‘‘There is a mendicant named
Haridasa Thakura. All of you devise a way to deviate him from his vows of
austerity.”
PURPORT
Devotional service is the path of vairdgya-vidyd (renunciation and knowledge).
Haridasa Thakura was following this path, but Ramacandra Khan planned to in-
duce him to break his vows. Renunciation means renunciation of sensual pleasure,
especially the pleasure of sex. Therefore a brahmacari, sannydasi or vanaprastha is
strictly prohibited from having relationships with women. Haridasa Thakura was
strictly renounced, and thus Ramacandra Khan called for prostitutes because
prostitutes know how to break a man’s vow of celibacy by their feminine in-
fluence and thus pollute a mendicant or a person engaged in devotional life. It
was impossible for Ramacandra Khan to induce any other women to break
Haridasa Thakura’s vow, and therefore he called for prostitutes. Free mingling with
women has never been possible in India, but for one who wanted to associate
with society girls, they were available in a district of prostitutes. There were
prostitutes in human society even in Lord Krsna’s time, for it is said that the
prostitutes of Dvaraka City came forth to receive the Lord. Although they were
prostitutes, they were also devotees of Krsna.
TEXT 106
CANN GF WHA TASY |
AA 40R,—“feaeca afaa Sta TS” p sow i
vesyd-gana-madhye eka sundari yuvati
se kahe, —“tina-dine hariba tanra mati”
