J unior Ilaridas violaued the sericr rules of the renouneed onter ofhfe, and thus ord Caitanya. banned him from His association. After a year of torment in separation from the Lord, Junior
Haridāsa conclusively decided to attain shelter at His lotus feet. Thus he entered deep into the water at Triveni, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamunā at Prayāga, and in this way gave up his life. Immediately after committingsuicide in this way, he went in his spiritual body to Lord Caitanya and received His mercy. But he still remained invisible. In a spiritual body resembling a Gandharva's, Junior Haridāsa, although invisible, would sing at night for Lord Caitanya to hear. No one but the Lord knew of this.
One day Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu inquired from the devotees, "Where is Haridāsa? Now you may bring him here." The devotees all replied, "One night at the end of a full year, Junior Haridāsa got up and went away. No one knows where he has gone." While hearing this, Lord Caitanya mildly smiled. Thus all the devotees were very astonished
One day Jagadananda, Svarūpa Dāmodara, Govinda, Kasiśvara, Sankara, Dāmodara, and Mukunda all went to bathe in the sea. They could hear Haridāsa singing from a distant place as if calling them in his original voice. No one could see him, but they could hear him singing in a sweet voice. Govinda and some of the other devotees theni made this guess: "Haridāsa must have committed suicide by drinking poison, and because of this sinful act he has now become a brāhmaṇa ghost. We cannot see his material form, but we still hear his sweet singing. Therefore he must have become a ghost."
Svarūpa Dāmodara, however, protested: "This guess is wrong. Junior Haridāsa chanted the Hare Kṛṣṇa mantra throughout his entire life and served the Supreme Lord, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu. Moreover, he is dear to the Lord. Therefore he must have died in a holy place. Haridāsa cannot have been degraded; he must have attained liberation. This is a pastime of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu's. You will all understand it later."