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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 16.148
প্রভু লাগি’ ধর্ম-কর্ম ছাড়ে ভক্তগণ ।
ভক্ত-ধর্ম-হানি প্রভুর না হয় সহন ॥ ১৪৮ ॥
prabhu lāgi’ dharma-karma chāḍe bhakta-gaṇa
bhakta-dharma-hāni prabhura nā haya sahana
All the devotees would abandon all kinds of duties for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s sake, yet the Lord did not like the devotees’ giving up their promised duties.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
All the devotees would abandon all kinds of duties for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s sake.
Yet the Lord did not like their giving up promised duties.
The verse distinguishes the devotees’ willingness to leave everything for Him from His wish that they keep their commitments.
Yearning and deferral. Attempts, delays, meetings, and farewells heighten the desire to reach Vraja.
The mood of Madhya 16 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:
When the devotees bade farewell to the Lord, the Lord was determined to go to Vṛndāvana, and on the day of Vijaya-daśamī, He departed. Mahārāja Pratāparudra made various arrangements for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s trip to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 16
Learn the words of the verse.
Take one thing from this verse into your day.
Is there a promised duty you can honor more carefully for Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu’s pleasure?
Complete one small duty you have promised to do.
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