Disappearance of Haridasa Thakura
After the passing away of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, the Lord Himself took his body on His lap, and He danced with it in great ecstasy. (Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila 10.46)
Today
being the Disappearance of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, we honor him with this
short post. We have selected a verse from the Bhagavad-gita 6.44
wherein Srila Prabhupada mentions in the purport;
…Lord Caitanya, accepted Ṭhākur Haridāsa as one of His most important
disciples. …he was elevated to the post of nāmācārya by Lord Caitanya
due to his rigidly attended principle of chanting three hundred thousand
holy names of the Lord daily: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare
Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare.
Full Text and Purport
Bhagavad-gita As It Is 1972 Edition
By His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Chapter Six, Text 44
pūrvābhyāsena tenaiva
hriyate hy avaśo ‘pi saḥ
jijñāsur api yogasya
śabda-brahmātivartate
pūrva—previous; abhyāsena—practice; tena—by the influence of that;
eva—certainly; hriyate—is attracted; hi—surely; avaśaḥ—helpless;
api—also; saḥ—he; jijñāsuḥ—willing to know; api—so; yogasya—of yoga;
śabda-brahma—ritualistic principles of scripture; ativartate—transcends.
TRANSLATION
By
virtue of the divine consciousness of his previous life, he
automatically becomes attracted to the yogic principles—even without
seeking them. Such an inquisitive transcendentalist, striving for yoga,
stands always above the ritualistic principles of the scriptures.
PURPORT
Advanced
yogīs are not very much attracted to the rituals of the scriptures, but
they automatically become attracted to the yoga principles, which can
elevate them to complete Kṛṣṇa consciousness, the highest yoga
perfection. In the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (3.33.8), such disregard of Vedic
rituals by the advanced transcendentalists is explained as follows:
aho bata śvapaco ‘to garīyān
yajjihvāgre vartate nāma tubhyam
tepus tapas te juhuvuḥ sasnur āryā
brahmānūcur nāma gṛṇanti ye te.
“O
my Lord! Persons who chant the holy names of Your Lordship are far, far
advanced in spiritual life, even if born in families of dog-eaters.
Such chanters have undoubtedly performed all kinds of austerities and
sacrifices, bathed in all sacred places, and finished all scriptural
studies.”
The famous example of this was presented by Lord Caitanya, who accepted
Ṭhākur Haridāsa as one of His most important disciples. Although Ṭhākur
Haridāsa happened to take his birth in a Moslem family, he was elevated
to the post of nāmācārya by Lord Caitanya due to his rigidly attended
principle of chanting three hundred thousand holy names of the Lord
daily: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare
Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. And because he chanted the holy name of the
Lord constantly, it is understood that in his previous life he must have
passed through all the ritualistic methods of the Vedas, known as
śabda-brahman. Unless, therefore, one is purified, one cannot take to
the principle of Kṛṣṇa consciousness nor become engaged in chanting the
holy name of the Lord, Hare Kṛṣṇa.
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