Haridasa Thakura pastime
Posted on September 27, 2012
Filed under BVKS Sanga
Almost all devotees, they are master of the senses, gosvami. Just like
Haridasa Thakura, you know. Haridasa Thakura was young man, and the village
zamindar, he was Mohammedan. So everyone was eulogizing Haridasa Thakura,
such a great devotee. So the zamindar, the village zamindar, he became very
much envious. So he employed one prostitute to pollute Haridasa Thakura. And
she came at dead of night, nicely dressed, attractive. She was also young,
very beautiful. So she proposed that “I have come, being attracted by your
beauty.” Haridasa Thakura said, “Yes, that’s all right. Come on, sit down.
Let me finish my chanting. Then we shall enjoy.” So she sat down. But
Haridasa Thakura chanting, he was chanting… We, we cannot chant even
sixteen rounds, and he was chanting three times sixty-four rounds. How many
it is?
Revatinandana: 196.
Prabhupada: 196 rounds. That was his only business. Hare Krsna, Hare Krsna,
Krsna Krsna… So sometimes somebody wants to imitate Haridasa Thakura. It
is not possible. So Haridasa Thakura, when it became morning, the
prostitute, “Sir, now it is morning.” “Yes, next night I shall… Come next
night. Today I could not finish my chanting.” That was a plea. In this way
three days passed. Then the prostitute became converted, fell down on
his…, “Sir, I came to pollute you. Now save me, I am so fallen.” So
Haridasa Thakura said “Yes, I know that. I could have leaved this place
immediately when you came, but I wanted that you have come to me, you may be
converted to this Vaisnavism.” So the prostitute became a great devotee by
the mercy of… Haridasa Thakura said that “You sit down in this place. You
chant Hare Krsna before this tulasi plant. Now I am leaving this place.”
So Krsna-bhakti is like that. Full control over the senses. As Krsna has got
full control over the senses, similarly, those who are actually Krsna
devotees, they have got full control over the senses.
>>> Ref. VedaBase => Bhagavad-gita 2.10 — London, August 16, 1973
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