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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.150
দুই জনার ভরে দণ্ড খণ্ড খণ্ড হৈল ।
সেই খণ্ড কাঁহা পড়িল, কিছু না জানিল ॥ ১৫০ ॥
dui-janāra bhare daṇḍa khaṇḍa khaṇḍa haila
sei khaṇḍa kāṅhā paḍila, kichu nā jānila
“Thus the staff broke under Our weight. Where the pieces have gone, I cannot say.
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The explanation continues: the staff broke under Their combined weight.
The staff was left in pieces.
The speaker said that He could not say where those pieces had gone.
Faith vindicated. The Deity bears witness; anxiety over a broken promise becomes astonishment and relief.
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From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
However, Nityānanda Prabhu broke the staff into three pieces and threw it into the Bhārgī River at a place known as Āṭhāranālā. Being angry at not getting His staff back, Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu left the company of Nityānanda Prabhu and went alone to see the Jagannātha temple.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Madhya 5
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How does this account distinguish what happened from what could not be explained?
In one conversation today, be clear about what you know and what you cannot say.
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