haridÄsa á¹hÄkura Ära rÅ«pa-sanÄtana
jagannÄtha-mandire nÄ yÄ'na tina jana
haridÄsa á¹hÄkura - ÅšrÄ«la HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura; Ära - and; rÅ«pa-sanÄtana - ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«; jagannÄtha-mandire - in the temple of Lord JagannÄtha; nÄ - not; yÄ'na - go; tina jana - three persons.
To avoid turmoil, three great personalities — HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura, ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« — did not enter the temple of JagannÄtha.
It is still the practice at the JagannÄtha temple not to allow those to enter who do not strictly follow the Vedic culture known as Hinduism. ÅšrÄ«la HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura, ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ« had had previous intimate connections with Muslims. HaridÄsa ṬhÄkura had been born in a Muslim family, and ÅšrÄ«la RÅ«pa GosvÄmÄ« and ÅšrÄ«la SanÄtana GosvÄmÄ«, having given up their social status in Hindu society, had been appointed ministers in the Muslim government. They had even changed their names to Dabira KhÄsa and SÄkara Mallika. Thus they had supposedly been expelled from brÄhmaṇa society. Consequently, out of humility they did not enter the temple of JagannÄtha, although the Personality of Godhead, JagannÄtha, in His form of Caitanya MahÄprabhu, personally came to see them every day. Similarly, the members of this Kṛṣṇa consciousness society are sometimes refused entrance into some of the temples in India. We should not feel sorry about this as long as we engage in chanting the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra. Kṛṣṇa Himself associates with devotees who are chanting His holy name, and there is no need to be unhappy over not being able to enter a certain temple. Such dogmatic prohibitions were not approved by Lord Caitanya MahÄprabhu. Those who were thought unfit to enter the JagannÄtha temple were daily visited by Caitanya MahÄprabhu, and this indicates that Caitanya MahÄprabhu did not approve of the prohibitions. To avoid unnecessary turmoil, however, these great personalities would not enter the JagannÄtha temple.
