Chota Haridasa Petition
So Chota Haridasa went to the lower court and his case was rejected and took the higher court and then the devotees…
Then Lord Caitanya said, “Listen if you keep pressing this case of Chota Haridasa then I am leaving here forever, I am leaving Jagannatha Puri, I am going out to the jungle.”
It was quite a jungle in those days. Even now it’s quite a remote area, it’s about 45 minutes from Jagannatha Puri out on the country side. “I am going to Alalanatha and I will stay there quietly and do my bhajana.”
So then everyone left and Paramananda Puri, who is actually Uddhava, he came over there and he tried to petition. That’s high court petition.
He tried to petition on behalf of Chota Haridasa and he was not successful. That when Lord Caitanya, when Paramananda Puri said, “Listen why don’t You forgive Chota Haridasa”, then Lord Caitanya said, “Listen Paramananda, you are like My guru, you are disciple of Madhavendra Puri, you are just like My guru, like Iswara Puri, and like My senior, but listen, if you continue to press this point I am leaving immediately.”
So of course, Paramananda Puri, persuaded in a sit-down. He said “You are svatantra Iswara, my Lord, You are totally independent, You can do whatever You want, what can we say to check You. Ultimately everything You do is for the benefit of the people. Even if we can’t understand, Your intentions are very deep and grave.”
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Text 163
‘haridasa kanha?’ yadi srivasa puchila
“sva-karma-phala-bhuk puman”——prabhu uttara dila
SP: When Srivasa Thakura inquired from Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, “Where is Junior Haridasa?” the Lord replied, “A person is sure to achieve the results of his fruitive activities.”
MS: When Srivasa Thakura came from Mayapur, he didn’t see Chota Haridasa who was a very famous kirtana leader. He was one of the ‘in’ crowd, one of the well-known personalities in Lord Caitanya’s sangha.
So he saw, there is so and so, there is Ramananda, there is Balabhadra Bhattacarya, there is Govinda, there is Kasisvara, there are all the other devotees there, as per usual in Puri. But then they didn’t see Chota Haridasa. So Srivasa said, “Last year he was here, I don’t see him, where is Haridasa?” and Lord Caitanya replied,
“sva-karma-phala-bhuk puman”——prabhu uttara dila
Mahaprabhu said to Srivasa, “A person is sure to achieve the results of his fruitive activities.” sva-karma-phala, Lord Caitanya is speaking in very cryptic language.
Text 164
tabe srivasa tara vrttanta kahila
yaiche sankalpa, yaiche triveni pravesila
SP: Then Srivasa Thakura related the details of Haridasa’s decision and his entering the waters at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna.
MS: Then Srivasa Thakura related the details of Haridasa’s decision and his entering the waters at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna.
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You know this is very interesting because Srivasa, in the first verse we heard, he enquired from Mahaprabhu, where is Junior Haridasa? And the Lord simply said he is executing his karma or something.
So although it is a rhetorical question, although Srivasa Thakura is asking the question – where is he? – He knew the answer already.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rhetorical+question
http://aitanya.blogspot.com/search/label/Mrita
You know this is very interesting because Srivasa, in the first verse we heard, he enquired from Mahaprabhu, where is Junior Haridasa? And the Lord simply said he is executing his karma or something.
So although it is a rhetorical question, although Srivasa Thakura is asking the question – where is he? – He knew the answer already.
https://www.google.com/search?q=rhetorical+question
http://aitanya.blogspot.com/search/label/Mrita
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