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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Madhya 5.155
মুকুন্দ দত্ত কহে, — “প্রভু, তুমি যাহ আগে ।
আমি-সব পাছে যাব, না যাব তোমার সঙ্গে ॥” ১৫৫ ॥
mukunda datta kahe, — prabhu, tumi yāha āge
āmi-saba pāche yāba, nā yāba tomāra saṅge
Mukunda Datta told Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, “My Lord, You should go ahead and allow all the others to follow. We shall not go with You.”
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Mukunda Datta addressed Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu as “My Lord.”
He asked the Lord to go ahead and allow all the others to follow.
Mukunda Datta said that they would not go with Him.
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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Read Mukunda Datta’s request aloud once, paying attention to his respectful words.
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