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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.153
“নীলাচলে আনি’ মোর সবে হিত কৈলা ।
সবে দণ্ডধন ছিল, তাহা না রাখিলা ॥ ১৫৩ ॥
nīlācale āni’ mora sabe hita kailā
sabe daṇḍa-dhana chila, tāhā nā rākhilā
Caitanya Mahāprabhu said, “You have all benefited Me by bringing Me to Nīlācala. However, My only possession was that one staff, and you have not kept it.
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Three study points drawn from the translation and purport.
Caitanya Mahāprabhu acknowledged that His companions had benefited Him by bringing Him to Nīlācala.
He said that the staff was His only possession.
He pointed out that His companions had not kept that one staff.
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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