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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 3.8
তাহা দেখি’ দামোদর দুঃখ পায় মনে ।
বলিতে না পারে, বালক নিষেধ না মানে ॥ ৮ ॥
tāhā dekhi’ dāmodara duḥkha pāya mane
balite nā pāre, bālaka niṣedha nā māne
This was intolerable for Dāmodara Paṇḍita. He became greatly unhappy, but there was nothing he could say, for the boy would ignore his restrictions.
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Dāmodara Paṇḍita found the situation intolerable.
He became greatly unhappy about the boy’s continued visits to the Lord.
There was nothing he could say, because the boy would ignore his restrictions.
Steadfast compassion. Haridāsa’s spiritual conviction and the reach of the holy name confront prejudice and temptation.
The mood of Antya 3 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
This was not very much to the liking of Dāmodara Paṇḍita, however, who therefore told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “If You display so much love for this boy, people will doubt Your character.” Hearing these words from Dāmodara Paṇḍita, the Lord sent him to Navadvīpa to supervise the affairs of His mother, Śacīdevī.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 3
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