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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 3.178
কেহ যেন এই বলি’ না করে নিন্দন ।
সেই যুক্তি কহ, যাতে রহে দুই ধর্ম ॥ ১৭৮ ॥
keha yena ei bali’ nā kare nindana
sei yukti kaha, yāte rahe dui dharma
“Make some arrangement so that I may not leave you and at the same time people may not blame Me for remaining with relatives after taking sannyāsa.”
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Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu asked the devotees to make an arrangement.
He wanted an arrangement that would allow Him not to leave them.
At the same time, He wanted to avoid being blamed for remaining with relatives after taking sannyāsa.
Reunion and heartbreaking parting. After sannyāsa, mother Śacī and the devotees reunite with Him before consenting to separation.
The mood of Madhya 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:
In the evening there was a mass saṅkīrtana at the house of Advaita Prabhu, and mother Śacīdevī gave Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu permission to leave. She requested Him to make Jagannātha Purī, Nīlācala, His headquarters.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 3
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