Text 23] The Passing of Haridasa Thakura 11
namaskara kari’ tenho kaila nivedana
sarira sustha haya mora, asustha buddhi-mana
SYNONYMS
namaskdra kari’—after offering obeisances; teriho—he, Haridasa Thakura; kaila
nivedana—submitted; sarira—body; su-stha—all right; haya—is; mora—my; asu-
stha—not in a healthy condition; buddhi-mana—my mind and intelligence.
TRANSLATION
Haridasa offered his obeisances to the Lord and replied, ‘My body is all
right, but my mind and intelligence are not well.”
TEXT 23
AS FR, — CHA ABify, Faw fea y’
CECA BCR, “HLA-G A] BAH 2 1
prabhu kahe, —‘kon vydadhi, kaha ta’ nirnaya?’
tenho kahe, —‘sarikhyda-kirtana nd ptraya’
SYNONYMS
prabhu kahe—Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu said; kon vyadhi—what disease; kaha
ta’ nirnpaya—can you ascertain; terho kahe—he said; sankhyd-kirtana—fixed
amount of chanting; n@ pGraya—has not become complete.
TRANSLATION
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu further inquired from Haridasa, ‘(Can you ascer-
tain what your disease is?’’ Haridasa Thakura replied, ‘My disease is that |
cannot complete my rounds.”
PURPORT
If one cannot complete the fixed number of rounds he is assigned, he should be
considered to be in a diseased condition of spiritual life. Srila Haridasa Thakura is
called namacarya. Of course, we cannot imitate Haridasa Thakura, but everyone
must chant a prescribed number of rounds. In our Krsna consciousness movement
we have fixed sixteen rounds as the minimum so that the Westerners will not feel
burdened. These sixteen rounds must be chanted, and chanted loudly, so that
one can hear himself and others.
