Text 194] Lord Caitanya at the House of Advaita Acarya 339

SYNONYMS

saba vidaya diya—asking everyone to return home; prabhu—the Lord;
calite—to go; kaila—decided; mana—the mind; hari-dasa kandi’—Haridasa
Thakura began to cry; kahe—says; karuna—pathetic; vacana—words.

TRANSLATION

After requesting all the devotees to return home, the Lord decided to
go to Jagannatha Puri. At that time Haridisa Thakura began to cry and
speak some pathetic words.

TEXT 194

aleitoce ice Sa, cata cary ahs |
AMASCH USCS cata atfas tasfS i 508 1

nilacale yabe tumi, mora kon gati
nilacale ydite mora nahika sakati

SYNONYMS

nilacale yabe tumi—You will go to Jagannatha Purl; mora—my; kon—
what; gati—destination; nilacale—to Jagannatha Puri; ydaite—to go; mora—
my; nahika—there is not; sakati—strength.

TRANSLATION

Haridasa Thakura said: “You are going to Jagannatha Puri, and that is all
right, but what will be my destination? | am not able to go to Jagannatha
Puri.”

PURPORT

Although Srila Haridasa Thakura was born in a Mohameddan family, he was
accepted as a properly initiated brahmana. As such, he had every right to
enter the temple of Jagannatha Puri, but because there were some rules and
regulations stipulating that only brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and stdras
(members of the varndsrama-dharma system) could enter, Haridasa Thakura,
out of his great humility, did not want to violate these existing rules. He
therefore said that he did not have the strength to enter into the temple, and
he pointed out that if Lord Sti Caitanya Mahaprabhu lived within the temple,
there would be no way for Haridasa Thakura to see Him. Later, when Haridasa
