The Passing of Haridāsa Ṭhākura

CC Antya 11.52: After hearing of the transcendental qualities of Haridāsa Ṭhākura, all the devotees present were struck with wonder. They all offered their respectful obeisances to the lotus feet of Haridāsa Ṭhākura.

CC Antya 11.53: Haridāsa Ṭhākura made Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu sit down in front of him, and then he fixed his eyes, like two bumblebees, on the lotus face of the Lord.

CC Antya 11.54: He held the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu on his heart and then took the dust of the feet of all the devotees present and put it on his head.

CC Antya 11.55: He began to chant the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya again and again. As he drank the sweetness of the face of the Lord, tears constantly glided down from his eyes.

CC Antya 11.56: While chanting the holy name of Śrī Kṛṣṇa Caitanya, he gave up his air of life and left his body.

CC Antya 11.57: Seeing the wonderful death of Haridāsa Ṭhākura by his own will, which was just like a great mystic yogī‘s, everyone remembered the passing away ofBhīṣma.

CC Antya 11.58: There was a tumultuous noise as they all chanted the holy names “Hari” and “Kṛṣṇa.” Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu became overwhelmed with ecstatic love.

CC Antya 11.59: The Lord raised the body of Haridāsa Ṭhākura and placed it on His lap. Then He began to dance in the courtyard in great ecstatic love.

CC Antya 11.60: Because of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu‘s ecstatic love, all the devotees were helpless, and in ecstatic love they also began to dance and chant congregationally.